Armless Man Gets 5 Years In Jail
Michael Wiley demonstrates how he drives June 9, 2006, in the driveway of his Port Richey, Fla. home. Wiley lost both arms and a leg in an electrical accident and taught himself to drive using his stumps, toes and teeth. Wiley is scheduled to face a judge Friday, Aug. 3, 2007, for sentencing on a half-dozen felony traffic and drug possession charges.
A man with no arms and one leg who wouldn’t stop driving despite a long list of traffic violations was sentenced to five years in prison today on the latest charges.
Michael Francis Wiley, 40, also was sentenced to 15 years of drug offender probation. He pleaded no contest in June to a variety of felony driving and drug charges.
“I’d just like to say I know what I did was wrong,” Wiley said in court today. “I am truly sorry your honor. I am.” Wiley taught himself to drive after losing both arms and a leg in an electrical accident when he was 13. He has already spent more than three years in prison for habitually driving without a license, kicking a state trooper and other charges.
Photo by hjoaobambu.
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