DODGEVILLE — A plea and sentencing hearing is scheduled for Monday afternoon for a Montfort man on charges from a June 2013 fatal motorcycle crash.
Jesse D. Flogel, 37, faces charges of hit-and-run involving death, homicide by negligent operation of a motor vehicle, and two counts of resisting or obstructing an officer.
Flogel is free on a $50,000 signature bond. He is required to remain in Grant or Iowa counties or Dubuque, Maquoketa, Iowa, or East Dubuque. He is also required to maintain absolute sobriety and submit to random drug tests.
Flogel faces a maximum sentence of 35 years in prison and fines up to $125,000 on the felony charges.
Tondelaya Bennett, 40, Montfort, was killed in the crash at the intersection of Iowa County XX and County X northeast of Montfort June 16 around 8:30 p.m., according to the Iowa County Sheriff’s Department.
Bennett was a passenger on Flogel’s motorcycle, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
When deputies arrived at the crash scene, several motorcycles had left the scene, including Flogel’s, but Bennett was left there, according to the sheriff’s department.
Bennett was taken to UW Hospital in Madison, where she died, according to the sheriff’s department.