A 49-year-old man pleaded guilty today to a charge of racing causing death in a January 2007 collision that killed Willie "B.B." Fielder, a 17-year-old Weatherford High School football standout, according to a news release from the Parker County district attorney's office.
The prosecution recommended that Rodney Swindle receive a 10-year probated sentence, a $2,000 fine and 300 hours of community service, along with several other conditions of probation, Jeff Swain, Parker County assistant district attorney, wrote in the release.
Swindle was a suspect in a collision that occurred about 3 p.m. on Jan. 8, as Fielder, who was driving a 1997 Dodge Avenger to track practice, turned north onto South Main Street from Cleburne Avenue. A southbound Chevrolet pickup hit the car in the driver's door, police said.
Police said two vehicles were accelerating to the top of a bottleneck on South Main Street, but neither would allow the other to pass. Fielder died as a result of the injuries he suffered in that collision, police said. Robert Earnest Wilkerson, 31, of Granbury was also indicted in the case.
A sentencing hearing for Swindle has been scheduled for 9.a.m. on July 17 to determine the amount of jail time he could receive as a part of his probation.
In felony cases, a judge may assess up to 6 months in jail as a condition of probation, Swain said in the release.
No alcohol or drug use was involved in the case, according to the release.
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