Longview Man Gets Probation, Other Penalties in Fatal Wreck

LONGVIEW — A Longview man has been sentenced to 10 years probation in connection with a July 2015 wreck that killed another man. KETK and the Longview News-Journal report, Markus Glenn Edmond, 25, was sentenced to 10 years probation and 180 days in the county jail for intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle resulting in the death of Luster Laray Mitchell, 24. District Judge Alfonso Charles added a condition that Edmond also spend 48 hours in the Gregg County Jail one weekend every late July, around the anniversary of the fatal wreck, until he completes 100 total hours — which will take at least three years. Markus also was fined $2,500 and must complete 480 hours of community work service.

Longview police were called at 10:35 p.m. July 26, 2015, to Pine Tree Road for a wreck with injuries. At the scene, officers found a car driving north on the road had lost control, veered off the road, and hit a utility pole and then a tree. The driver of the car was identified as Edmond. Mitchell was pronounced dead at the scene. A blood test showed Edmond’s blood alcohol content at 0.16, according to a law enforcement crash report. The legal limit is .08.