"I Forgive You," Said 11YO, "Not Because You Deserve It But Because My Heart Doesn't Deserve To Live Full Of Hatred

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An Ohio bar owner who said "f— it, I'm drunk" after dragging a 9-year-old girl for blocks in his Hummer — ripping off her leg in the process — is headed to prison.

Jeffrey Atkinson, 57, was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison, as well as a 10-year driver's license suspension, for the July 2024 hit-and-run in Dayton. He pleaded guilty last month to aggravated vehicular assault, endangering children, failure to stop after an accident and OVI in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court. The judge handed down the maximum sentence.

"I forgive you," said the young victim, Ashley Escalante, who is almost 11 years old now, in court on Thursday at Atkinson's sentencing, local CBS affiliate WHIO reports. "Not because you deserve it but because my heart doesn't deserve to live full of hatred. I don't want resentment to control my life."

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Bar owner who dragged 9-year-old for blocks in Hummer and ripped off her leg learns fate

An Ohio bar owner who dragged a 9-year-old girl down the street in front of her family with his Hummer and cost her a leg is headed to prison.

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