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<p>PLYMOUTH TWP. &#8212; A local dentist who advocated for harsher sentencing in hit-and-run homicides after his son was killed by a driver who allegedly was drinking in 2012 was arrested Sunday on suspicion of DUI.</p><p>Dr. Stephen Miller, 40, of Dallas, was stopped at about 9:10 p.m. while driving south on U.S. Route 11 at the intersection with state Route 29, near JJ Banko&#8217;s Seafood in Plymouth Township, according to state police in Wyoming.</p><p>Police said Miller was stopped because he was observed driving in the dark with his vehicle&#8217;s headlights off and taillights not illuminated.</p><p>He was taken into custody for suspicion of DUI, and any charges are pending blood-alcohol test results, police said.</p><p>Attempts to reach Miller at his dental practice and at his home on Thursday were unsuccessful.</p><p>Miller and his wife, Caroline, had advocated for increasing the minimum prison sentence for hit-and-run fatalities after they learned that Thomas Letteer Jr. could serve as little as a year in jail for fleeing the scene after he had been allegedly drinking and his vehicle struck and killed the Millers&#8217; 5-year-old son, Kevin, while the family was crossing North Street in Wilkes-Barre on Dec. 21, 2012.</p><p>Following the hit-and-run, police began a massive search for a red Pontiac sedan that was recorded on private and city surveillance cameras near the scene. They came across a red 1999 Pontiac Grand Am on Mack Street near Letteer&#8217;s home in Plains Township. Letteer initially denied being in Wilkes-Barre the night Kevin was killed when interviewed by investigators. But cellphone records and other evidence proved otherwise.</p><p>Letteer eventually entered into a plea agreement, and Luzerne County Judge Joseph Sklarosky Jr. handed down a two-to-five-year prison sentence, taking into account aggravating factors such as Kevin&#8217;s age.</p><p>Despite testimony that Letteer had attended a party at a West Wyoming home and consumed alcohol on the night of Kevin&#8217;s death, he could not be charged with homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, which carries a minimum three-year sentence, because he had fled the scene and his blood-alcohol level was unable to be ascertained.</p><p>Following the May 1, 2014, sentencing, Kevin&#8217;s family joined prosecutors and lawmakers &#8212; including state Sen. Lisa Baker, R-Lehman Township, state Rep. Tarah Toohil, R-Butler Township, and state Rep. Mike Carroll, D-Avoca &#8212; at a press conference calling on state legislators to change the law.</p><p>The Legislature passed an amendment to a Transportation Bill in 2014 that included increasing the minimum penalty for leaving the scene of an accident involving death to three years. The legislation became known as Kevin&#8217;s Law.</p><p><em>Travis Kellar contributed to this story.</em></p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Local dentist was arrested in Plymouth Twp.</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Steve Mocarsky</p><p>smocarsky@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Steve Mocarsky at 570-991-6386 or on Twitter @TLSteveMocarsky.</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Dentist whose son was killed in hit-and-run arrested on suspicion of DUI