Suspect charged with manslaughter in North Side crash takes plea deal, will serve 7 years in prison

Suspect charged with manslaughter in North Side crash takes plea deal, will serve 7 years in prison

A man charged with manslaughter in connection with a multi-vehicle crash that killed three people six years ago learned his fate Wednesday afternoon. In lieu of moving forward with a jury trial, Aris Jamal Ransom-Powell, 29, took a plea deal and will spend the next seven years in prison.Judge Benjamin Robertson, who presides over Bexar County’s 226th Criminal District Court, told the state and the defense he accepted the plea deal because prosec…