Klamath Falls, Ore. – A Klamath County man is headed to prison for 55 months for a drunk driving crash that killed a man.
57 year old Donald Marron Schachter pleaded ‘guilty’ in February to a charge of criminally negligent homicide, and was sentenced Tuesday.
The charges stem from a crash that happened in May of 2013 on Lower Klamath Lake Road, which claimed the life of Larry Tyree Standridge.
Police say Schachter had a blood alcohol content of .28 following the crash.
Schachter was sentenced on a plea agreement, and could have faced a 10 year sentence for first degree manslaughter.
KOTI-TV NBC2 reporter Lyle Ahrens moved from Nebraska to Klamath Falls in the late 1970’s. He instantly fell in love with the mountains, the trees and the rivers, and never once regretted the move.Lyle’s job history is quite colorful.
He’s managed a pizza parlor; he’s been a bartender, and a “kiwifruit grader” at an organic orchard in New Zealand. A Klamath Falls radio station hired Lyle in the mid 90’s as a news writer and commercial producer. In 2004, Lyle joined the KOTI/KOBI news operation.Lyle notes with pride that he has a big responsibility presenting the Klamath Basin to a wide and varied audience.
“The on-going water crisis has underscored the fact that the people and the issues in the Klamath Basin are every bit as diverse as the terrain. Winning and keeping the trust of the viewers, as well as the newsmakers, is something I strive for with each story”.
When he’s not busy reporting the news, Lyle enjoys astronomy, playing guitar, fixing old radios and listening to anything by Sheryl Crow.
