By Pat Maurer
Correspondent
Allen Leroy Sprague, the Isabella County man found guilty of hitting and killing a dirt biker and attempting to kill a second rider more than a year ago, has been has been sentenced to spend 35 to 55 years in prison
Last month he was found guilty in a jury trial of all five charges he was facing – second degree murder, reckless driving causing death, leaving the scene of an accident – causing death, and assault with intent to murder and felonious assault.
Sprague, 54 of Farwell, was charged with the October 25, 2023 murder of Dylon Edward Dean Andras, 29, who he allegedly ran down while Andras was riding on a dirt bike on that Wednesday in northwestern Isabella County in the 7000 block of West Stevenson Lake Road.
Sprague was accused of chasing and with running over Andras, and with chasing a second dirt bike rider – Ted Treloar. The two men were riding offroad dirt bikes.
Sprague has been held in the Isabella County Jail since then.
At his trial, Barbari said the two men on dirt bikes were revving their engines when Sprague decided to chase the bikers. After chasing them at speeds over 90 miles per hour, Sprague ran Andras down on West Stevenson Lake Road near Brinton in Coldwater Township, killing him at the scene.
Sprague had told officers that he and his fiancée were at home when they heard the dirt bikes and also what they believed were “things hitting the house.” Reportedly Sprague’s fiancée had a previous relationship with Andras. Reportedly she was in the truck during the chase, but was not charged, although at his trial, Sprague attempted to convince the jury that she was driving the truck when Adreas was run over.
Andras and Treloar had ridden back to Treloar’s house in the 7000 block of West Stevenson Lake Road where Treloar said he saw Sprague “run over” Andras. He said Sprague followed him to a friend’s house then left and returned to the scene of the runover. Treloar went back to the scene to find Sprague and police officers there. Treloar was not injured.
Sprague initially said Andras had turned in front of him and he couldn’t avoid the collision. According to court records, he said he called 911 right after hitting Andras, but a witness said he had continued to chase Treloar before returning to the scene to call police.
Isabella County Chief Judge Eric Janes sentenced Sprague to served concurrent sentences for felonious assault, failure to stop at the scene of an accident when at fault and reckless driving causing death in connection with Andras’s death and with the attempted murder of Trealoar.
