Milwaukee man gets 15 years in road rage beating death

By: Associated Press//June 26, 2015//

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 21-year-old Milwaukee man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in the road rage beating death of a driver.

Dionte Williams had pleaded guilty in March to second-degree reckless homicide as party to a crime in the November death of 36-year-old Alfonso Estrada-Cortes.

Police say Estrada-Cortes was found beaten to death in the early morning of Nov. 1. According to a criminal complaint, he was involved in a crash with a car carrying a group of Williams’ friends, and Williams and others chased and eventually caught up with Estrada-Cortes. Williams and others are accused of kicking and punching him.

Four other people have been charged in connection to Estrada-Cortes’ death. Three have pleaded guilty, while the fourth pleaded no contest. The other defendants haven’t been sentenced.

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