Bradford Casler Sentenced in Connection with Newton Fatal Crash

WOBURN – Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Newton Chief of Police David MacDonald have announced that Judge Merita Hopkins sentenced Bradford Casler, 57, of Newton, today to two and a half years in the House of Correction with two years to serve and the balance suspended for 15 years on the first count of motor vehicle homicide, two and a half years in the House of Correction with two years to serve from and after on the second count of motor vehicle homicide and 15 years probation to serve from and after the second count of mother vehicle homicide on the count of operating to endanger.

On October 29, 2018 Bradford Casler, was found guilty by a Middlesex Superior Court jury of two counts of motor vehicle homicide and one count of operating a motor vehicle to endanger in connection with the fatal crash that occurred at Sweet Tomatoes Restaurant in Newton. The March 1, 2016 crash resulted in the deaths of Gregory D. Morin, 32, of Newton, and Eleanor Miele, 57, of Watertown, who were both pronounced dead at the scene. Seven other individuals sustained serious injuries.

This incident was investigated by the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, the Newton Police Department, the Newton Police Department Traffic Bureau and the Massachusetts State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section.

The prosecutors assigned to this case were Assistant District Attorneys Christopher Tarrant and Melissa Baima. The Victim Witness Advocate was Susie Marshall.