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Alvino Sentenced To 37 Months
Hit-And-Run Driver Apologies To Wines Family
Andrew Porter
Issue date: 1/24/08 Section: News
ROCKVILE - Anthony P. Alvino, the driver of the vehicle that struck and killed UConn freshman Carlee Wines in a hit-and-run last January was sentenced to 37 months in prison today in Rockville Superior Court.
Alvino, who was 18 at the time of the incident, pled no contest to charges of misconduct with a motor vehicle and evading responsibility on Oct. 26, 2007, received a five-year sentence that will be suspended after three years for the misconduct charge and an eight-year sentence that will be suspended after 37 months for the evading responsibility charge. He will serve the sentences concurrently, meaning he will be in prison for three years and one month.
He will be required to complete five years probation, for the first 18 months of which his driver's license will be suspended. He will also be required to perform 100 hours of community service each year during his probation, as well as donate $500 each January to the Carlee Wines memorial fund. He will also be prohibited from consuming alcohol during his probation.
"There are no winners. Everyone in this position is a loser," said Judge Terrence Sullivan, prior to handing down his ruling. "Nothing can balance the scales of justice, nothing can bring Carlee back."
"You attempted to hide your involvement in the death of Carlee Wines," Sullivan said. "This is not something we can tolerate in society ... Carlee Wines' death was unintended but absolutely avoidable."
In an emotional hearing in which friends and family of both Wines and Alvino spoke, tears fell on both sides of the courtroom.
"I don't think the sentence is unreasonable," said Pamela Wines, Carlee's mother, requesting that Alvino serve a four-year prison sentence proposed by the state's attorney. "To leave her at the side of the road to die is just incomprehensible to me. You hit an animal and you at least slow down … Please make him [Alvino] be responsible for his actions."
"Anything less than a four-year term will be seen as a victory for Mr. Alvino," said Stephen Wines, Carlee's father.
Alvino, who was 18 at the time of the incident, pled no contest to charges of misconduct with a motor vehicle and evading responsibility on Oct. 26, 2007, received a five-year sentence that will be suspended after three years for the misconduct charge and an eight-year sentence that will be suspended after 37 months for the evading responsibility charge. He will serve the sentences concurrently, meaning he will be in prison for three years and one month.
He will be required to complete five years probation, for the first 18 months of which his driver's license will be suspended. He will also be required to perform 100 hours of community service each year during his probation, as well as donate $500 each January to the Carlee Wines memorial fund. He will also be prohibited from consuming alcohol during his probation.
"There are no winners. Everyone in this position is a loser," said Judge Terrence Sullivan, prior to handing down his ruling. "Nothing can balance the scales of justice, nothing can bring Carlee back."
"You attempted to hide your involvement in the death of Carlee Wines," Sullivan said. "This is not something we can tolerate in society ... Carlee Wines' death was unintended but absolutely avoidable."
In an emotional hearing in which friends and family of both Wines and Alvino spoke, tears fell on both sides of the courtroom.
"I don't think the sentence is unreasonable," said Pamela Wines, Carlee's mother, requesting that Alvino serve a four-year prison sentence proposed by the state's attorney. "To leave her at the side of the road to die is just incomprehensible to me. You hit an animal and you at least slow down … Please make him [Alvino] be responsible for his actions."
"Anything less than a four-year term will be seen as a victory for Mr. Alvino," said Stephen Wines, Carlee's father.
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P Emmy
posted 1/25/08 @ 10:44 AM EST
What did Alvino's parents do? The artical said they are being charged in NY for their involvement?
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