Driver Who Killed Man In 2006 Back To Jail After Speeding Bust

PORTLAND, OR – Ryan Lee Weaver is headed back to prison. The 30-year-old was sentenced to 16 months after pleading guilty to driving without a license.

Weaver lost his license for eight years and served almost four years in jail after being convicted of criminally negligent homicide for killing Churchon Chasenkaton, a pastor, while driving under the influence in Damascus.

Despite losing his license, Weaver has continued to drive and get in trouble. Get all the latest information on what's happening in your community by signing up for Patch's newsletters and breaking news alerts.

One year after getting out of prison, he was arrested after being caught speeding and driving without a license.

Last summer, also without a license, he was again arrested for speeding. This time it happened in Gresham.

In February, he pleaded guilty.

The district attorney's office had asked for a longer sentence and brought in the family of the man he had killed.

Weaver's law objected to their inclusion, arguing that they had nothing relevant to the current case.

"This kind of emotional appeal may seem useful to the State," James O'Rourke wrote in court papers. "But it is improper in this setting and is actually exploitation of the genuine grief experienced by the family in the 2006 case.

"Parading their loss for emotional effect is unseemly in and of itself."

The family did appear and told the judge they are concerned that Weaver will hurt others.

Weaver will be eligible to get his license back when he gets out of prison. The eight-year suspension is over in November.

Photo via Multnomah County Sheriff's Office.