Michael Ware

The judge called his behavior "reckless, stupid and selfish."

Michael Ware, 54, was given a lengthy sentence partly because he lied to investigators about giving his daughter the keys, allowing her to shoulder all the blame for the crash, said Wayne County President Judge Ray Hamill.

"What kind of father does this?" Hamill asked incredulously.

Michael Ware, 54, of Scarsdale, is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday in Wayne County Court. He pleaded guilty last month to three counts of involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment in the Aug. 30, 2014, crash.

Prosecutors say Ware gave the keys of his Chevrolet Suburban to his daughter, who drove five friends to breakfast before losing control of the SUV and flipping it in Paupack Township, in the Pocono Mountains.