(MM)
A REHOBOTH MAN IS
BEHIND BARS TONIGHT
FOR HIS ROLE IN A DEADLY
CRASH.
(HE)
JEFFREY FISK PLEADED
GUILTY LAST MONTH TO A
MANSLAUGHTER
CHARGE-- STEMMING
FROM A 20-16 CRASH THAT
CLAIMED THE LIFE OF
ANTHONY KISHFY.
TODAY FISK WAS
SENTENCED TO UP TO
EIGHT YEARS BEHIND
BARS, WITH AT LEAST SIX
TO SERVE.
(MM)
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER KIM KALUNIAN
SPOKE WITH THE VICTIM'S
FAMILY AFTER THE
SENTENCING.
SHE JOINS US NOW FROM
REHOBOTH.
KIM?
(KK)
MIKE, SHANNON - WE WERE
HERE ON AGRICULTURAL
AVENUE CLOSE TO THREE
YEARS AGO - IT'S THE SPOT
WHERE ANTHONY KISHFY WAS
KILLED WHILED ENJOYING A
MOTORCYCLE RIDE ON CLEAR
JUNE DAY. IT WAS JUST BEFORE
3 PM WHEN POLICE SAY FISK -
DRUNK BEHIND THE WHEEL OF
HIS PICKUP TRUCK - CROSSED
THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINE
.
nats
For the term of not more than
eight
years and no less than six
years.
JEFFREY FISK SENTENCED TO
SIX TO EIGHT YEARS IN STATE
PRISON TUESDAY -
IT COMES A MONTH AFTER HE
PLEADED GUILTY TO A CHARGE
OF MANSLAUGHTER BY A
MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE
OPERATING UNDER THE
INFLUENCE -
POLICE SAY FISK CROSSED THE
DOUBLE YELLOW LINE ON
AGRICULTURAL AVENUE JUNE
25 2016 - STRIKING 62 YEAR
ANTHONY KISHFY'S
MOTORCYCLE HEAD ON. HE
WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT
THE SCENE.
He dragged my brother to his
death.
So, and that was in the middle
of the
day. It could have been anybody.
It
could have been anybody.
THE FAMILY OF KISHFY
SPEAKING WITH US AFTER
FISK'S SENTENCING TUESDAY -
There's just nothing that
anybody
can do to bring somebody back.
It
doesn't matter if its five
years, 15
years, 20.
POLICE SAY FISK'S BLOOD
ALCOHOL LEVEL THAT JUNE
AFTERNOON WAS .19 - MORE
THAN TWICE THE LEGAL LIMIT.
It's tough to lose somebody that
close that you're that close to.
I
mean every time I go down that
road
you know, it brings it all back.
KISHFY'S FAMILY ENDURING
CLOSE TO THREE YEARS OF
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS - BRISTOL
COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
THOMAS QUINN SAYS THEY'RE
TRYING TO PUSH CASES
FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE.
Again hope the family can move
forward with their lives
obviously
never forgetting what happened
but
that something has happened to
the
defendant of substance and that
he
has been held accountable.
I'm glad it's over. No matter
how
many years he gets, it'll never
bring
my brother back.
(KK)
AND FISK WOULD HAVE FACED
A MINIMUM FIVE YEAR
SENTENCE FOR THIS CRIME -
BUT TODAY FISK'S SENTENCE
WAS INCREASED BECAUSE HE
VIOLATED THE CONDITIONS OF
RELEASE OVER THE WEEKEND
AND WAS ARRESTED
YESTERDAY - MORE ON THAT
COMING UP NEW AT 6. KIM
(HE)
TONIGHT - A REHOBOTH
MAN FACES MORE TIME IN
PRISON FOR A DRUNK
DRIVING CRASH, AFTER HE
VIOLATED HIS PROBATION.
(MM)
42 YEAR OLD JEFFREY
FISK HAD BEEN ORDERED
NOT TO DRINK - BUT
ADMITTED HE HAD
ALCOHOL JUST TWO DAYS
BEFORE HE WAS
SCHEDULED TO BE
SENTENCED FOR HIS
ROLE IN A DEADLY DRUNK
DRIVING CRASH.
(HE)
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER KIM KALUNIAN
WAS IN COURT TODAY AND
JOINS US LIVE FROM
REHOBOTH WITH THE
DETAILS. KIM?
WE'RE HERE ON AGRICULTURAL
AVENUE IN REHOBOTH WHERE
BACK IN 2016 JEFFREY FISK
CROSSED THE DOUBLE
YELLOW LINE AND STRUCK
MOTORCYCLIST ANTHONY
KISHFY HEAD ON, KILLING HIM.
TODAY FISK WAS SENTENCED
TO SERVE 6 TO 8 YEARS IN
PRISON FOR HIS ROLE IN THAT
DRUNK DRIVING CRASH.
42 YEAR OLD JEFFREY FISK
HEADING TO STATE PRISON FOR
AT LEAST SIX YEARS AFTER HE
PLEADED GUILTY LAST MONTH
TO A CHARGE OF
MANSLAUGHTER BY A MOTOR
VEHICLE WHILE OPERATING
UNDER THE INFLUENCE -
HIS SENTENCE FOR THE 2016
CRIME INCREASED BY THE
JUDGE TUESDAY, AFTER FISK
ADMITTED TO DRINKING ON
SUNDAY, VIOLATING HIS
CONDITIONS OF RELEASE -
THE FAMILY OF ANTHONY
KISHFY SPEAKING OUTSIDE OF
COURT TUESDAY - SAYING THE
MAN WHO TOOK THEIR
BROTHER'S LIFE LACKS
REMORSE.
Instead of having my brother at
Easter he was still drinking,
and its
just a shame that he doesn't
realize
what he did. He doesn't care.
I'm glad that she increased the
sentence and again hope the
family
can move forward with their
lives
obviously never forgetting what
happened but that something has
happened to the defendant of
substance and that he has been
held accountable.
PROSECUTORS SAY FISK'S
BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT AT
THE TIME OF THE 2016 CRASH
WAS .019, MORE THAN TWICE
THE LEGAL LIMIT. THIS
WEEKEND AN ALCOHOL
MONITORING DEVICE
DETECTED FISK HAD BEEN
DRINKING AGAIN - HE WAS
ARRESTED ON MONDAY,
ADMITTING TO POLICE HE HAD A
FEW SHOTS OF RUM.
This is very serious stuff and
to just
kind of casually say I'm going
to
have one for the road not in a
case
like this.
KISHFY'S FAMILY SAYS THEY'RE
GLAD THE CASE IS OVER - BUT
IT WON'T BRING THEIR
BROTHER BACK.
Even though he's going to go to
jail
for killing my brother, he's
given us
a death sentence for the rest of
our
lives.
AND TODAY'S SENTENCING
COMES NEARLY THREE YEARS
AFTER KISHFY WAS KILLED -
QUINN OFFERED HIS SYMPATHY
TO THE FAMILY FOR ENDURING
YEARS OF LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS AND SAYS HIS
OFFICE IS WORKING TO MOVE
CASES LIKE THESE ALONG
MORE QUICKLY. IN REHOBOTH,
I'M KIM KALUNIAN, EYEWITNESS
NEWS.