CLAYTON • Former police officer Andrew Overland Ringeisen said nothing as he was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for fatally pushing a man down a flight of stairs that prosecutors considered negligence.
He kept his head down and wept silently while a family member tried to calm her tears clean the back of the St. Louis County courthouse here.
Ringeisen lawyer, Barry Richard, then stated that his client is devastated by the March 20, 2010, incident, which left 49 Kenneth Hamilton with a fatal head injury and Ringeisen facing a charge of manslaughter.