Posted: Friday, June 29, 2012 --- 9:10p.m.
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A Dousman man accused of trying to run over a Milwaukee County sheriff's deputy has been convicted of reckless endangerment of a traffic official.
The sheriff's department said Friday a jury returned its verdicta Thursday against 31-year-old Paul Lagalbo.
He was convicted on several charges stemming from an incident last June. The criminal complaint alleged that the deputy fired into Lagalbo's van as Lagalbo tried to run him over. Lagalbo was hit twice and later was arrested at a hospital where he sought treatment for minor gunshot wounds.
The complaint says Lagalbo told investigators he was trying to avoid a third arrest and conviction for drunken driving.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/N3WxZf) he faces up to 22 1/2 years in prison. Sentencing is set for Aug. 30.
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Information from: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, http://www.jsonline.com
Copyright 2012. The Associated Press.
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