Overview
- Pavel B. Shchukin was sentenced on Dec. 9 to one year in jail and ordered to pay $1,425 after pleading no contest to three counts of moving violation causing death.
- Michigan court records list the charges as misdemeanors and indicate five counts alleging serious impairment were dropped.
- The September collision in Ellington Township, Michigan, killed Bill (“Papa”) Putman, Barb (“Neenee”) Putman, and Megan Putman and left five relatives injured.
- At sentencing, family members addressed the court, with Blake Putman offering forgiveness to Shchukin and giving him a Russian-language Bible.
- The family says recovery continues for the injured, noting Gia has undergone 10 major surgeries and preparations are underway to bring her home near the end of January.