A Lopez Island teen who struck and killed a jogger, and maimed a 7-year-old girl, while behind the wheel of a souped-up Chevy Nova in July, could face up to two-and-a-half years in juvenile detention, among other penalties, after pleading guilty to a half-dozen criminal offenses, including vehicular homicide.

On Dec. 17, in addition to vehicular homicide, a Class A felony, the 16-year-old pleaded guilty in San Juan County Juvenile Court to two counts of vehicular assault, a Class B felony, and to three counts of reckless endangerment, a gross misdemeanor. The boy, who was 15 at the time of the fatal collision and unlicensed to drive, is slated to be sentenced Jan. 6.

Prosecutors will seek penalties beyond the standard range of sentencing set by the state, which for a juvenile convicted of vehicular homicide, the most weighty of the six offenses, is 15-36 weeks in detention.

According to court documents, prosecutors will ask that the 16-year-old serve up to 130 weeks in juvenile detention and that he perform 200 hours of community restitution, under supervision of the Sheriff’s Department, after his release. He would be prohibited from owning or operating a vehicle, and applying for a license, until the age of 21. He would abide by a curfew of 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. while serving out the sentence.

The boy was released on $10,000 bail pending trial following an arraignment hearing in September, at which time he pleaded innocent to the six offenses. Defense attorney Mark Kaiman described him at that time as “remorseful”.

“This was a tragedy, not just for the man who was killed and not just for the child who was injured, but for him too,” Kaiman said. “He’s incredibly remorseful for this. He realizes his life has taken a turn, and he’s incredibly remorseful about it and trying to get through it day by day. That’s all he can do at this point.”

Authorities believe 26-year-old Paul Jaholkowsky, of Abbotsford, B.C., visiting Lopez Island with friends at the time that he was struck and killed, died instantly when he was hit head-on by the full force of the speeding sedan. Authorities maintain the vehicle was traveling at a speed of 70 mph or more when came up over a rise on Lopez Sound Road and then directly into the path of a Seattle couple, and their two young daughters, on a bicycle tour of the island in mid-afternoon.

The speeding Nova first struck one of the girls, a 7-year-old, on the hand, mutilating her ring finger and shattering her wrist, and then careened across the road and straight into Jaholkowsky. The boy’s passenger, a 17-year-old friend, was thrown against the windshield and ejected from the car as the boy lost control of the sedan and it slammed twice against an embankment before coming to a stop. Neither boy was wearing a seat belt, according to authorities.

During the ensuing investigation, Sheriff Bill Cumming said vehicle speed and the driver’s inexperience were likely to blame for the fatal crash, and that neither alcohol or drugs appear to have played a role.

Restitution will be determined at a future hearing, the date of which has yet to be set.