A Rosemount man has admitted to speeding through a red light and fatally striking another motorist before fleeing the scene naked into a nearby townhouse occupied by a family with children.
Eric W. Kasprzyk, 40, pleaded guilty in Dakota County District Court to criminal vehicular homicide and burglary in connection with the crash and home invasion on April 1 in Lakeville.
Killed in the collision on 160th Street at Cedar Avenue was Osah Phetsarath, 45, a Lakeville father and owner of a doughnut shop in Eagan.
Kasprzyk, who has remained in custody since his arrest on the day of the crimes, is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 9 on the two felony counts.
"The defendant's actions resulted in a senseless and avoidable death and caused extreme fear to a family in the home he invaded as he fled the scene of the crash," County Attorney James Backstrom said in a statement announcing the guilty pleas.
Phetsarath, who emigrated from Laos, owned Puffy Cream Donut Plus while he and his wife, Seng Phothisanh, raised their three children.
"My husband will never see his 18-year-old girl graduate [high school], and his two young sons will grow up without a father figure!" Phothisanh wrote on Facebook soon after Kasprzyk pleaded guilty. "Osah was the only child to his parents."
A niece, Jessica Yeang, wrote in an online posting the day after the crash that "Uncle Osah was such a character, he always had a great sense of humor. He would always sing 'Jessie's Girl' to me every time he saw me."