US EditionDriver in Fatal Park Tavern Crash Sentenced to 30 Years
ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA, JUL 28 – Steven Bailey, with five prior DUIs, received the maximum 30-year sentence after killing two and injuring 12 in a drunk-driving crash at Park Tavern, prosecutors said.
- Steven Bailey, 57, was sentenced on Monday to 360 months in Hennepin County Court for driving drunk into the Park Tavern patio in September 2024, causing two deaths and injuring a dozen others.
- The crash happened after Bailey, who had five prior DUI convictions between 1985 and 2015, was found to have a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.335—exceeding Minnesota’s legal driving limit of 0.08 by over fourfold.
- In May, six days before his trial was set to start, Bailey entered a guilty plea to two third-degree murder charges along with three charges related to criminal vehicular operation that resulted in serious injury, as part of a plea agreement.
- Judge Juan Hoyos gave Bailey consecutive 180-month sentences for the murder charges and concurrent 38-month terms for the vehicular operation charges, requiring him to serve at least two-thirds in prison and crediting 43 days served.
- Families of the victims and those who survived the crash shared their stories of lasting pain, while Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty described the incident as completely preventable and advocated for the judge to impose the harshest possible sentence.
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Steven Bailey sentenced to 30 years in horrific fatal Park Tavern crash last year AlphaNews.org
Share This StoryA St. Louis Park, Minn., man who killed two people and injured several others last year when he drove drunk and rammed his car into the crowded patio at Park Tavern has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Steven Frane Bailey, 56, pleaded guilty on May 7, 2025, to two counts of third-degree murder and three counts of criminal vehicular operation involving great bodily harm and was sentenced on Monday in Hennepin County District …
Park Tavern driver gets 30 years for ‘senseless’ car crash as survivors question state’s DWI laws
Steven Frane Bailey was given the harshest penalty available for the deaths of Kristina Folkerts and Gabriel Harvey and injuries to several other people who were relaxing on the Park Tavern patio when he crashed into them last summer.
·Minneapolis, United States
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