19 year old Boyd Lopez had no driver's license when he ran over well-known retired teacher, 70 year old Marie Knowles as she walked on the sidewalk on Baghdad Street in February of 2015. He was charged for manslaughter, and today he pleaded guilty to lesser charge of causing death by careless conduct.
Lopez, who is now 20 asked Supreme Court Judge, Adolph Lucas to render justice with mercy after he admitted his guilt. Immediately, a mitigation plea was heard on behalf of Lopez who was represented by Legal Aid Attorney, Baja Shoman. According to Knowles, he is gainfully employed as a care giver on a farm for animals located in the Jaguar Paw area and he can pay if the court would be mindful to allow him time to pay.
Justice Lucas now has to hear from the Prosecutor, Sherigne Rodriguez before he hands down his sentence.
On the day of the accident, Knowles was racing on the narrow street and seemed to have been driving way too fast, when he lost control, hit a parked car, and then swerved to the other side of the road, where he plowed down a fence, struck three water mains, and ran over Marie Knowles on the sidewalk, who was only yards away from her home. After all that, he still hit another vehicle. She received extensive facial and body injuries and died the next day.
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