Serial drunk driver indicted in fatal hit-and-run

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore grand jury indicted serial drunk-driver Thomas L. Meighan Jr. Tuesday for automobile manslaughter in the fatal hit-and-run last month of a promising Johns Hopkins University student.

The 10-count indictment represents a significant shift in the case against Meighan, who now faces a maximum of more than 35 years in prison if convicted on all charges, according to the Baltimore state's attorney's office.

He had earlier been charged with less serious driving offenses - carrying a possible six-year combined sentence - in connection with the death of Miriam Frankl, an Illinois native who was struck and...