Plea entered in DUI crash that killed boy

Published 9:46 am Wednesday, October 22, 2014

ROCHESTER — A man accused of driving the wrong way on a Rochester street while intoxicated and causing a fatal crash has entered a plea to vehicular homicide charges.

Gerald Mohs entered a Norgaard plea of guilty Tuesday, meaning he doesn’t remember the events, but acknowledges the state has sufficient evidence for a conviction.

Court records said the 57-year-old had a blood alcohol content of more than twice the legal limit and hadn’t had a valid driver’s license for decades.

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Nine-year-old William Siems, of Plainview, died after Mohs struck a vehicle driven by his aunt head-on Sept. 20. The crash also injured 29-year-old Amber Bishop and her 7-year-old son Jeramiya Bishop.

Krystal Bishop, the mother of the boy who died, said she’s very dis