John Jefferson
Noah Galle and a hub cap from a vehicle in a crash that killed six people (WTVC/YouTube).
A Florida judge sentenced a man to 12 1/2 years in prison for killing six people while driving 151 mph.
Noah Galle was just 17 when he slammed into the back of a vehicle with six people inside on State Road 7 near the intersection with Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach.
According to a probable cause arrest affidavit, Galle was speeding in his 2019 BMW5 at upward of 151 mph. The occupants of a Nissan Rogue were leaving a farm and entered SR 7, heading north at the normal rate of speed. Galle’s BMW slammed into the back of the Rogue, which left the road, flipped over and came to a final rest upside down, cops said. The back of the Rouge was smashed into the backseat.
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Paramedics pronounced five of the six victims inside the Rogue dead on scene. A sixth died at a hospital. Cops identified the victims as Mirlaine I. Julceus, the driver, and passengers Filaine Dieu, Vanice Percina, Remize Michel, Marie M. Louis and Saint L. Michel. Galle, who was the only person in his car, injured his ankle.
Cops and paramedics treating Galle on scene noted he slurred his speech and reeked of alcohol but nothing was found in his system.
Prosecutors charged Galle with six counts of vehicular homicide, facing up to 15 years in prison for each count — meaning he could have been sentenced to up to 90 years behind bars. During the investigation, detectives found this incident was far from the first time Galle acted as a speed demon. He had TikTok and Instagram pages dedicated to him blazing down highways and streets in his fancy car.
One video posted on TikTok just two weeks before the incident showed him speeding down Interstate 95 and he offered a $25 prize to anyone who could guess how fast he was driving. Galle also had a sticker of his Instagram handle “M5.Noah” on his car’s windows, cops noted.
As part of his plea deal, he pleaded guilty to six counts of vehicular homicide with an agreed-upon prison sentence of 12.5 years. Once released, he will be on probation for seven years.
If anyone was upset about the length of the prison sentence — essentially two years in prison for each person killed — the victims’ families were not among them.
“The victims all have written to us that they do not object to this,” Al Johnson, chief assistant state attorney told West Palm Beach CBS affiliate WPEC. “Some of them didn’t even want him to go to jail at all. One wanted us to drop the case entirely.”
None of the victim family members were in court for the sentencing, the TV station reported. Galle must report to the Florida Department of Corrections on Feb. 3.
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