Brandt gets 5 years in prison
September 18, 2023

Nathan Price
Shannon Brandt (center) and his attorney Mark Friese (left) listens as impact statements were given during Brandt's sentencing in Foster County District Court on Friday, Sept. 8.
Nearly a year after 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson was tragically killed following a street dance in McHenry, Shannon Brandt was at the Foster County Courthouse in Carrington on Friday, Sept. 8, for sentencing.
Brandt was charged with murder after running over and killing Ellingson on Sept. 18, 2022. But, after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors in late May 2023, Brandt's murder charge wa...
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