A Florida woman was sentenced to 18 years in Florida state prison on July 9, 2026, for a driving under the influence (DUI) crash that killed a retired Navy veteran and severely injured a passenger more than two years ago.
Terriny Krepps, who was 19 at the time of the incident, entered a guilty plea in Escambia County to charges of DUI manslaughter and DUI with serious bodily injury. She also pleaded guilty to two counts of DUI with damage to property or person without serious injury.
Circuit Judge John Simon ordered Krepps to serve the maximum penalty of 15 years, which includes a four-year mandatory minimum, for the DUI manslaughter charge. She will serve an additional three years for the DUI with serious bodily injury charge. Following her prison term, Krepps faces two years of probation, mandatory community service, statutory classes, and the permanent revocation of her driver’s license.
The crash occurred at 4:19 a.m. on June 29, 2024, at the intersection of Gulf Beach Highway and Navy Boulevard. Investigators found that Krepps ran a red light while driving on Gulf Beach Highway and struck a vehicle traveling on Navy Boulevard from the passenger side.
The second vehicle was driven by Kurt Kramer, a retired Navy veteran who was working as an Uber driver at the time. Kramer was transporting three passengers—Cameron Montoya, Semaj Jones, and Quavon Brown—back to Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola.
Kramer died from his injuries at the scene and was pronounced deceased by emergency medical personnel. Montoya sustained severe injuries that led to his medical discharge from the Navy, while Jones and Brown suffered minor injuries.
According to prosecutors, Krepps consented to a blood draw two hours after the collision, which revealed a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level of .186, more than double Florida’s legal limit of .08. Florida Highway Patrol troopers conducting the investigation also recovered two 12-packs of Twisted Tea, an alcoholic beverage, from Krepps’ car. Records indicated that Krepps had been cited by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for illegal possession of alcohol three weeks before the crash.
The case was investigated by the Florida Highway Patrol and prosecuted by Assistant State Attorney Amy Shea on behalf of Ginger Bowden Madden, the State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit.
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