2020 Milwaukee fatal crash, 'Most Wanted' driver sentenced

A Milwaukee man previously profiled on "Wisconsin's Most Wanted" has been sentenced to decades in prison for a 2020 wrong-way crash that killed two people.Court records show 35-year-old Jerry Anderson Jr. was sentenced to 37 years in prison and 25 years of extended supervision. A jury found Anderson guilty on all seven counts, including reckless homicide, in March.FREE DOWNLOAD: Get breaking news alerts in the FOX LOCAL Mobile app for iOS or AndroidIn June 2020, authorities responded to a wrong-way, head-on crash on I-43 northbound near Chase Avenue in Milwaukee. Investigators later learned it was the result of an intentional act.Court filings state Anderson told police he meant to drive the wrong way on the freeway. One of Anderson's passengers was killed. It also killed 24-year-old Rhode Molina and injured a person in Molina's vehicle.According to a criminal complaint, Anderson's explanation was as follows:"...shortly before the crash incident, in the area of 11th and Rogers Streets, a car that he is not familiar with, occupied by an unknown person or persons, began following his car for unknown reasons. He sped up and made turns to lose the car, but it kept following him. At one point the car made contact with the rear of his car and spun his car around. These actions of the other car caused him to believe that the occupant or occupants of the other car were trying to kill him."SIGN UP TODAY: Get daily headlines, breaking news emails from FOX6 NewsAnderson went on to say:"…in an effort to lose the car that was following him, he decided to purposely get onto the freeway in the wrong direction, thinking that the car following him would not dare do the same. He said he has little memory of what happened after he got on the freeway."