A Missouri man was sentenced to life in prison plus 13 years in prison Monday on a first-degree murder conviction for the death of an Illinois officer who had tried to stop the man from fleeing from police.
Caleb Campbell, 24, of Florissant, Missouri, was convicted last month in a bench trial in the death of Brooklyn officer Brian Pierce Jr. on Aug. 4, 2021.
Pierce, also 24, was part of a team of officers that tried to stop Campbell, who allegedly drove over spike strips and struck Pierce on the McKinley Bridge in Venice, Illinois, which connects the two states.
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Campbell was arrested days after the incident and claimed it had been robbed in the parking lot of a Brooklyn nightclub. Later, his car was found abandoned on the Missouri side of the bridge.
A Missouri man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing an Illinois police officer.
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Campbell had a handgun in his car and an active Missouri warrant for his arrest when he fled an attempted traffic stop, prosecutors said.
“The loss felt by Officer Pierce’s family and loved ones is unimaginable,” Madison County State’s Attorney Thomas Haine said. “There is no sentence that can even begin to give them the feeling that justice has been properly done.”
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Associate Justice Neil Schroeder’s sentence consisted of one natural life term for first-degree murder, 10 years for failing to report a crash with injury or death, and three years for failing to stop after a crash with injury or death, reported WSIL- TV. .
