John Brecount pleaded guilty in the Eden Prairie hit-and-run that seriously injured a 2-year-old.

A guilty plea is a conviction on the counts he admitted. It is not the sentence. Eden Prairie Local News reported the agreement calls for 100 days in jail, 20 days of sentence-to-service work, and three years of probation, with the remaining counts to be dismissed at sentencing. The judge still has to impose that term.

Eden Prairie Local News reported that a Dec. 16, 2025, complaint said officers were sent at 8:18 p.m. on Aug. 21, 2025, after a driver struck pedestrians and left. Kamawal was in a marked crosswalk at Mitchell Road and Chestnut Drive when a vehicle hit her and one of her children. FOX 9 reported the child, who was 2, was critically injured and the mother had minor injuries, and that witnesses described a white sedan leaving. The child is not named in this story.

FOX 9 reported Brecount was a volunteer chaplain with the Eden Prairie Police Department. He admitted he was texting, heard a bump, thought he had clipped a crosswalk sign, and drove to a Culver's to look at the car instead of stopping. The next morning he called police and said, "I think it was me." The station confirmed he resigned as chaplain. Eden Prairie Local News reported the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension found blood and fibers on his vehicle that DNA testing linked to the mother.

He entered the pleas Oct. 5 in Hennepin County District Court. The agreement calls for a three-year stay of imposition on the felony and a concurrent 364-day stay of execution on the gross misdemeanor. The state agreed to withdraw a request for an aggravated sentence. The other two counts are to be dismissed when he is sentenced Dec. 7. The plea is the conviction on the counts he admitted. The December hearing is the sentence. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.