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Pascagoula police officer will serve one year in jail in teen's death
By MARGARET BAKER
PASCAGOULA -- Pascagoula police officer Daniel Snyder was sentenced Friday to six years in prison, with five years suspended and one year to serve for leaving the scene of an accident that left an Ocean Springs teen dead.
In addition, Circuit Judge Dale Harkey ordered Snyder to pay $2,000 in fines, courts courts and burial expenses to the family of 16-year-old Kaytlynn Brann, who died a a day after the Feb. 22, 2013, accident. He will also undergo an evaluation for alcohol abuse.
"I've seldom seen a more tragic or more heartbreaking case," Harkey said. "Nothing but fate brought you two together and it's ruined two lives."
Harkey expressed sympathy for the victim's family and told Snyder that he, as a law enforcement officer, should have known better than to drink and drive. He said nothing could explain his decision to leave the scene other than him trying to hide the fact that he had been drinking and driving.
"You were seeking to minimize what you had done," Harkey said.
Prior to sentencing, District Attorney Tony Lawrence asked for jail time for Snyder, noting he was veteran law enforcement officer who knew better than to flee the scene of any accident.
"Everyone has to be held accountable for the choices they make," Lawrence said. "He chose to drink, he chose to drive and he chose to leave the scene."
Kaytlynn's father, Keith Brann, said he never understood why Snyder wasn't arrested on a more serious DUI-related offense.
"The one thing I wanted in this case was for Mr. Snyder to never be a police officer again," he said. "This conviction takes care of that. Since the accident, he has spent one night in jail. One night. I have spent a year without my daughter."
A jury convicted Snyder in May but he was released on bond pending sentencing in the case.
Snyder had consumed several beers at his home in the hours leading up to the accident in which his pickup truck struck Kaytlynn on Port Aux Chenes Road in Gulf Park Estates.
Snyder was off-duty and on personal leave at the time to attend a family member's funeral.
A blood test taken at 11:45 p.m. showed Snyder had a blood-alcohol level of .06, State law prohibits drivers from operating a motor vehicle if they have a blood-alcohol level of .08 percent or above. Snyder was not arrested on a drunken driving offense in the case.
Several witnesses said Snyder stopped initially, but left the scene for up to 15 minutes before he returned. Snyder was also heard saying he should have "done like everybody else in Mississippi and just left the scene."
Other witnesses said Snyder appeared to be in shock at the scene.
Snyder twice dialed 911 to report that a person had been struck, but did not identify himself.
Snyder was not cited for causing the accident. Instead, a deputy investigating the case said Brann was at fault because she was walking in the road when the accident occurred. The road has no sidewalks.
Snyder left the scene after the accident and initially denied drinking alcohol prior to the crash to sheriff's deputies. Deputies later found a Budlight beer cap in the console of his truck.
Several Pascagoula police officers also spoke on Snyder's behalf Friday, noting he was good man who would offer help to others and often went out of his way to help children in need.