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LAKE COUNTY, Fla. \- A Lake County man, 66-year-old Edgar Wesley Tello, was sentenced to 135 months in the Florida Department of Corrections for his 2022 Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Manslaughter case, which took the life of 30-year-old Rebekah Jo Towner. Tello pleaded guilty to Driving under the Influence Manslaughter and was sentenced to incarceration, followed by probation, DUI school, and had his driver’s license revoked for life. “We hear and see the catastrophic consequences of driving under the influence all too often,” said Bill Gladson, Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney. “It …

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