jacob Bilodeau is a horrible excuse for a human being. He purposely cut off and jacked up on a vehicle full of teenagers to prove some point. The teenagers were simply driving too slowly on the highway onramp. He did not stop. He has no remorse. He lied to everyone including us, the jury. He should have been begging the parents of Loius Salavatore for forgiveness.

You have no clue what your talking about! I send my condolences to the Salavatore family but we (the justice system) commit murder everyday. This was a college educated tax payer that made a stupid mistake that resulted in the death of a great kid. Do not, i repeat, do not disrespect Jake as he is a good guy. Again, he made a horrible mistake that he is going to pay for during the next 8 years and for the rest of his life. My condolences go out to his family and the Salvatore family. This is truly a trgaic loss.

Mr bilodeau was sentenced yesterday and received the maximum sentence allowed by law. 10 years with 8 to serve on wreckless driving. 15 years with eight to serve on leaving the scene. Thank you judge Krause!

First off, how can this be considered a crime when Mr. Bilodeau never had direct collision with the kids in the jeep? The only person who is at fault here is the person driving behind the wheel of that jeep. An inexperienced driver will not be able to control his vehicle if someone taps on his breaks and this is just a disgrace to the R.I. court system that a case like this went this far. As for you, Mr. Juror do not throw stones at a glass house!

Mr. Juror you are totally wrong. How can you be so harsh, when you were not even there. You don't know what happen and you definitely don't know the defendant. There was no collision. Therefore a trail was not needed. When you get behind the wheel, you're taking the risk of getting into an accident. It just was a tragic accident that happens everyday.

I can't believe the ignorance of you people defending this killer. His road rage spilled the blood of an innocent. Hopefully while good ol' Jake is in prison, outstanding citizen that he is, learns what its like to be the victim of someone else's agression.

I was on the grand jury that voted to convict Mr. Bilodeau in early spring 2005. I'm glad to hear that the trial jury found him guilty of this crime. The evidence was overwhelming that he was the sole cause of this horrible event. Even an experienced driver would have had difficulty recovering his vehicle after having a car pull up directly in front of him and slam on the brakes so hard, other witnesses saw the back of his car raise up. It's a credit to Mr. Salvatore that he tried to avoid slamming into the back of Mr. Bilodeau's car by swerving away, but that shouldn't be a reason not to find Mr. Bilodeau guilty of causing the wreck and Mr. Salvatore's subsequent death. Make no mistake - this was no accident. The weather was completely clear, the roads were dry, and there weren't any cars within reasonable distance in front of either Mr. Bilodeau's vehicle or Mr. Salvatore's vehicle that would have caused Mr. Bilodeau to swerve into Mr. Salvatore's lane and slam on his brakes.

I can only assume that those of you who are defending this man have no children. When you do, revisit this story and place yourself in your child's position as their last seconds of life whirl by in a total panic. Only then can you make a judegemnt that this man deserves no punishment.

The ignorance on these comments is almost overwhelming. Even though jake was out on bail for over two years and then sentenced to serve this outragous sentence apparantly it's not enough and we have to continue to trash his "innocent till PROVEN guilty name." The only thing that was proven in this trial is that the justice system in Rhode Island continues to be just as corrupt as it's well loved government officials, crooked police, and the famous mafia run Atwells Ave. You don't have to be a parent to understand that the loss of a child is unbearable but let's not forget that our children too can make a mistake that another family wouldn't have any mercy on. Jake also is very young and just having graduated from college, he too had a bright future that he worked really hard to get. Unfortunately life is full of surprises that we can't fortell,control,or go back on. No one really knows what happened that night of the accident the only witnesses were the passengers in the victims car and I'm sure they remember every second in that car and took notes while jake was driving "wrecklessly" but then again if my friend was "robbed of his life" my story would probably land the other person in jail for 25 yrs too. Mr. Salvatore was robbed of his life way too early and no one can deny that, but now my friend has been robbed of pretty much the rest of his life and now we jave two families grieving over the lives of their sons.

Since I just found this link searching on bilodeau's name, I think I'll toss in my 2 cents. I'll refer the convicted as RR, road rage. And I'll try to ignore the ignorent comments by those who obviously did not listen to all the testimony. I did! First of all, the defendent is a liar. His friends are liars. There was no tapping of the brakes. There was no remorse. But lets look at a piece of the evidence. Louis pulled onto the highway at the correct speed on the on-ramp. RR, by his own testimony, was directly behind Louis. RR stated he was in a hurry to get home and party with his buds. RR stated that the jeep was going "conditionally slow". This po'd rr. rr was gunna teach these boys a lesson. Louis continued down the highway a mile or so. By all testimony and evidence, at 65 mph. The speed limit. All independent witnesses testified that they observed Loius Salvator's vehicle traveling in the center lane. They also testified that they observed rr's car approach from "a distance" at fast rate of speed in the left lane. Note, 295, summer, early evening, rt 44 on-ramp, then 1 mile down the highway, very light traffic. RR stated that he was behind Louis and was concerned with some aspect of Louis Salvatore's driving for some unknown reason. RR felt he needed to investigate. Witnesses stated that rr was going fast and passed Louis on the left, pulled in front of Louis and slammed on the brakes causing Louis to loose control, roll over, and get killed by the weight of his vehicle. Again Mr. Salvatore, my condolences. If rr was directly behind Loius on the on-ramp, and by his own testimony, in a hurry, how could ALL the independent witnesses observe rr moving up from behind at a faster rate of speed than Louis? A mile after getting on the highway? RR in such a hurry? He was hanging back! He stalked the boys in the jeep, did what everybody witnessed and slammed on the brakes killing Louis. Once again, Mr. Regine, congratulations!

Jacob Bilodeau is not only a good person he's on of my most honest and caring friends that i have. He is a well respected member of the community, that i've know for over 6yrs. This God fearing man would never commit a crime like this on purpose. I feel that is not only wrong but unethical for us to make judgement. I just wish him the best and ask everyone who reads this to pray for my dear friend.

Well respected? Doubt it.
Nobody said good ol jake commited his crime on purpose. Nobody believed he wanted anyone to die or get hurt. He simply did a very stupid thing. Someone died. He is responsible for the death. He is paying for his stupidity. End of story.