Driver in fatal Mastic hit-and-run gets up to 4 years
Preston Mimms was sentenced to between 1 and 1/3 years to four years in prison for killing Erika Hughes. (January 4, 2013)
MASTIC - The driver behind the wheel during a deadly hit-and-run was sentenced today.
Preston Mimms, a three-time felon, was sentenced to between 1 and 1/3 years to four years in prison for killing 24-year-old Erika Hughes on a Mastic street on July 29, 2011.
Judge James Hudson ignored District Attorney Tom Spota's request of the maximum 2-7 years and says it's up to the Legislature to pass harsher sentences.
The Hughes family and their friends say they will continue their protests until the laws are toughened.
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