(File Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)
KENOSHA, Wis. — Nearly 15 months after a harrowing crash that left a man dead beneath her vehicle, Sheila L. Tennin, 39, was sentenced Friday to 22 years for causing the death of pedestrian Troy L. Wohlgefahrt.
(Kenosha County Sheriff)
Tennin, of Kenosha, had pleaded no contest in March to one count of homicide by vehicle with a detectable amount of a restricted controlled substance in her blood. Two additional counts—hit and run resulting in death, and knowingly operating without a valid license causing death—were dismissed but read in by the court, meaning they could be considered at sentencing.
Sentence Handed Down
On Aug. 22, Judge Anthony Milisauskas ordered Tennin to serve 12 years in prison followed by 10 years of extended supervision. She was credited with 439 days already served in custody. The judge also ordered restitution of $2,277 to the victim’s family and made Tennin ineligible for prison substance abuse or boot camp programs, ensuring she must serve the bulk of her prison time.
(File Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)
Emotional Testimony From Family
During the sentencing hearing, Assistant District Attorney Zachary Brost read a statement on behalf of the Wohlgefahrt family, describing the pain and devastation caused by Troy’s death. Two relatives, A. Coleman and G. Randle, also gave emotional statements in court, urging the judge to impose a lengthy prison sentence.
Tragic Collision and Aftermath
According to the criminal complaint, the fatal crash occurred on June 8, 2024, at 58th Street and Sheridan Road. Surveillance video captured Wohlgefahrt jogging across the street when he lost his balance and fell in the roadway. Tennin’s black Ford sedan struck him during a left turn, and instead of stopping, she continued driving for nearly four blocks with his body pinned beneath her vehicle.
Officers later found the car near the former Car Source lot on Sheridan Road, where Wohlgefahrt’s body was discovered underneath. A drug recognition expert concluded Tennin was impaired by cannabis at the time of the crash. Tennin also did not possess a valid driver’s license, with her Illinois license already suspended.
Legal Context
The top charge, homicide by vehicle with use of a controlled substance, carried a maximum possible penalty of 25 years in prison. Tennin’s 22-year sentence—split between confinement and supervision—brings one of Kenosha’s most disturbing fatal crash cases to a close.
29 Responses
Good riddance
But weed is safe! 🤣
Just about as safe drinking… which you shouldn’t drive after using as well.
False.
Safer than the alcohol WI swears by!
bunch of racist
How is that racist?
Bc there are a plethora of wp in WI w more than 10 OWIs and they still have their license! Yall are so tough on Black n brown ppl but have so much loyalty to the habitual white offenders. You’re nothing BUT racists and we see you and are watching you too! Nit all of us will get caught slippin’!
Lmao what?
I prefer gaggle of racists. Bunch reminds me of banana.
What an uneducated response. If you can’t even spell or use proper grammar, why should we take you seriously?
Bc, dummy, it’s social media, shirt cuts and shorthand for everything. Character limits force shorthand in case you didn’t deduce that since SM has existed. Why do wp think ppl have to prove their intelligence when clearly those trying to assess it are void of it 🤔! The irony if ignorance throughout your own ppl is laughable while you’re always trying to monitor other groups. Get a fuquing life!
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I’m an English major and my sister is a retired, award-winning teacher, AND SHE’S BLACK! Educate your own ppl since WE were the ppl raising your great, great granny’s kids and teaching them how to read and write eventhough BP were never taught. The ones cleaning up after your nasty asses and showing YOU how to wash your ass (which most of you still don’t do right today). We taught us manners you don’t use, lessons you’ve never learned bc if privilege; but WE are the animals 🤣🤣! Yall wouldn’t know ir care abt history if it smacked you in the face the way it does everyday. All you care abt is what you can get out of ameriKKKa and over everyone else. YOU are the sad ppl of the country. Always telling others to ‘Go back where you came from’ when your dirty asses sailed to get here too after being cast out by your own. WHEN YOU ACCEPT YOUR OWN HISTORY, YOU WILL BE HUMBLED!
Wut you talkin bout, Willis?!
Sheila is not a terrible person. She made a grave error and deserves the consequence but she’s not some gangbanger or crackhead. She smoked pot and drove. And a man died. This is a tragedy all around for both families.
The sentence is harsh because the nature of the death is viewed as gruesome vs someone immediately dying after being struck by a car. We judge based on emotions.
A human being is Dead !!
How is 22 years even enough ????
Does being so under the influence of Ming altering substances make what happened less her fault ?
Drugs. Alcohol. Legal or illegal substances ?
Go ahead, use them until you pass out !
But at home. With someone watching that you don’t get in a car.
22 years ?
Hardly enough.
Years ago George Carlin said we should take a whole state and put all the criminals there. Let them be together and commit crimes against each other. Freedom to be criminals. Steal. Kill.
Everything.
22 years. She’ll be out while she still in her 50s. Still Not enough
George Carlin has been dead for like 17 years. He was a comedian. Hardly a fucking social justice leader.
Who quotes a comedian as a reply to an issue?
But washe wrong????? Dipshit
And no different than the 10+ OWIs wp receive in this state as a courtesy. Always different when its BP!
Moral of the story is: don’t do drugs.
“But marijuana should be legal, no one commits crimes while on it. It’s safe!”
Yeah, okay.
Losers
Judge not, lest ye be judged.
Do you believe alcohol should be illegal?
Lmao typical pothead attempt at an argument 😆
Don’t drive when high or drunk.
The weed haters should see what causes more deaths on the road; alcohol or weed
Right, while they drink their 12 pack and hit the road.
Hey d-bags, smoking one blunt equals drinking a 6-pack. It’s not the same- but “A” for effort 😉
Troy was a good guy I worked with him. Dragging him under the car for over a block is unacceptable. I am happy she got the sentence delivered.