PHOENIX  – Brandon Max Fischer, 22, of McNary, Ariz. was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Paul G. Rosenblatt to 34 months in federal prison followed by a six month placement in an inpatient alcohol rehabilitation program while on three years supervised release.

        Fischer pleaded guilty on August 18, 2009, to involuntary manslaughter.  He had been driving a van while intoxicated on Ariz. State Route 73 on the Fort Apache (White Mountain) Indian Reservation on May 30, 2007.  A number of his friends were riding without seatbelts in the van when it was involved in a one car, roll-over crash. One of the occupants of the van was critically injured and later died after being airlifted to a hospital in Scottsdale, Ariz. Fischer was also seriously injured requiring hospitalization in Phoenix. 

        The investigation in this case was conducted by the White Mountain Police Department and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.  The prosecution was handled by Roger Dokken, Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Arizona, Phoenix.

CASE NUMBER:    CR-09-8029-PCT-PGR     

RELEASE NUMBER: 2009-380(Fischer)