Crime & Safety
John Ludwig Gets Jail Time
On Friday morning a Greenville judge revoked Ludwig's probation and sent him to jail for three years.
The Greenville business man, who avoided prison time after crashing his car into a home and killing the man, is now headed to prison.
Multiple media outlets are reporting that 39-year-old John Ludwig Jr.'s probation has been revoked by a Greenville judge on Friday.
TV station WYFF reports Ludwig will serve three years in prison, complete his probation started in August 2010 and complete an anger management program.
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Ludwig had been , after allegedly striking his wife with an open hand. As a result of the incident, he was arrested again for violating his probation.
Fox Carolina reports that Ludwig was on probation as part of a guilty plea to reckless homicide when he was arrested on the domestic violence charge. The article said Ludwig was originally charged with murder after his Maserati hurtled through a field, launched off an embankment and plowed into Frederic Bardsley's home, killing the 62-year-old homeowner as he sat watching television in 2009.
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