He pleaded guilty to the DWI charge, the vehicular manslaughter charge was dropped after expert testimony said it didn't matter if someone was drunk or sober the accident was unavoidable.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20091106homicide_rap_dropped_in_fatal_oui/A motor vehicle homicide charge has been dismissed against a former WEEI on-air sports news reader who struck and killed a Cambridge teenager while driving drunk last November.
Robert Finnerty, 27, was supposed to be the designated driver and was heading home from Game On! in Kenmore Square when authorities say he hit 19-year-old Michael Riley on Soldiers Field Road.
Finnerty, a former Metro Networks employee who did sports news updates, called “flashes,” for WEEI-AM (850), pleaded guilty to operating under the influence last week at Brighton District Court.
