NYC man sentenced for drugged-out hit-and-run death of 65-year-old upstate woman

A Brooklyn man who killed a Westchester County woman in a drugged-out hit-and-run last year — and got caught after leaving his license plate at the scene — is headed to prison.Antonio Robles Sanchez, 43, was supposed to face no more than four years behind bars, but is now doing two-to-six years after ticking off a judge for his lack of remorse, News12 reported.“The victim was a beloved figure in the Greenburgh community and her life was senselessly taken when the defendant chose to get behind the wheel of his car and drive while impaired,” Westchester County District Attorney Mimi Rocah said in a statement Monday.

“We hope this prosecution and sentence helps [Stephanie] Kovourias’s loved ones begin the process of healing from this tragedy,” the statement said.Prosecutors said Sanchez struck and killed Kovourias, 65, in Hartsdale on Aug.

26, 2023 — not long after a cop in Scarsdale questioned him for a minor fender-bender but let him go with a warning.The DA’s office said Sanchez left the scene after striking Kovourias, but police recovered the license plate from his Dodge Ram at the intersection and traced it to Sanchez, who was found stopped in traffic in White Plains.Prosecutors said Sanchez was also high on Xanax when cops caught him.

Blood tests revealed he had taken cocaine the night before the crash, and he was also high on Klonopin, according to lohud.com.He was busted and pleaded guilty no Aug.1 to charges of manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, leaving the scene of an incident and driving while ability impaired by drugs.

The deal initially called for a sentence of no more than four years, but Westchester Judge George Fufidio was so annoyed by Sanchez’s lack of remorse that he hit him with a stiffer sentence this week, lohud.com reported....