vehicular homicide

'This is not justice for Grant'
By Lori Sorenson
September 02, 2026
It was a crowded and somber courtroom Monday for the sentence hearing of Jayson Delfs, who was convicted of criminal vehicular homicide for the drunk driving crash that killed 47-year-old Grant Crawford of rural Jasper. Delfs, 23, Hardwick, entered a guilty plea Aug. 17 after a plea agreement that dismissed a third-degree murder charge and a second charge of vehicular homicide. According to…
Guilty plea entered in vehicular homicide case
By Lori Sorenson
August 19, 2026
Twenty-three-year-old Jayson Delfs, Hardwick, entered a guilty plea Monday morning in Rock County District Court to the charge of criminal vehicular homicide. He admitted in a crowded courtroom that on March 27, 2025, he took the life of 47-year-old Grant Crawford, rural Jasper, when he rear-ended Crawford’s pickup while driving intoxicated at 129 mph. According to the plea petition, Delfs…
Plea hearing set for Aug. 17 in murder, vehicular homicide case
By Lori Sorenson
July 01, 2026
Jayson Delfs, Hardwick, appeared in Rock County District Court Monday on charges of third-degree murder and vehicular homicide related to the March 2025 fatal crash northwest of Beaver Creek. At the settlement hearing, conducted by District Court Judge Kayla Johnson, the attorneys announced they had reached an agreement for Delfs to plead, and a plea hearing was set for Aug. 17. Felony…