Retired Iowa police officer pleads guilty in hit-and-run death of cyclist

A retired Council Bluffs police officer pleaded guilty in the hit-and-run death of a cyclist. KETV reports a judge immediately sentenced Bob Christensen to two years probation. William Shepard, 55, died after being struck by a vehicle on Old Lincoln Highway near Northline Drive around 2:10 a.m. May 11, 2019.According to an affidavit, a caller reported finding a man unresponsive in the grass that had been riding a bicycle.Shepard was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.Prosecutors said Christensen left the scene then drove back in a different vehicle.His trial was scheduled to start Tuesday.

A retired Council Bluffs police officer pleaded guilty in the hit-and-run death of a cyclist.

KETV reports a judge immediately sentenced Bob Christensen to two years probation.


William Shepard, 55, died after being struck by a vehicle on Old Lincoln Highway near Northline Drive around 2:10 a.m. May 11, 2019.

According to an affidavit, a caller reported finding a man unresponsive in the grass that had been riding a bicycle.

Shepard was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Prosecutors said Christensen left the scene then drove back in a different vehicle.



His trial was scheduled to start Tuesday.