Posted on 09/20/2005 8:14:20 PM PDT by FreedomPoster
STAMFORD, Conn. -- A man accused of leaving his girlfriend to die after his car ended up in a Stamford pond has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison.
Francisco Loaiza, 30, of Stratford, had previously pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle.
Before his sentencing Monday, Loaiza apologized for causing the accident.
"Your honor, I just want to say I'm sorry," Loaiza said. "I hurt the person I loved and wanted to spend the rest of my life with."
In the early morning hours of Jan. 15, Loaiza was driving a Nissan Altima on Weed Avenue in Stamford and speeding at more than 85 mph, Assistant State's Attorney Steve Weiss said.
Loaiza lost control of the vehicle, struck a guard rail and drove into Holly Pond and fled on foot. It was later determined that Loaiza had a blood-alcohol level of .241, three times the legal limit of .08, Weiss said.
Loaiza's passenger, Kristina Kalganova, a 21-year-old Russian immigrant, died when the car flipped over. An autopsy determined that Kalganova died of blunt head and neck trauma.
Police stopped Loaiza as he was running from the scene. According to police reports, he was uncooperative and gave conflicting reports about whether any passengers were inside the car.
You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried. And if you did, no one would believe you.
Sounds like a guy caught with his pants down.
Somebody should ask The Swimmer what he thinks of this gross miscarriage of justice.
... only difference is Mary Jo died slowly of asphixiation, and could have been saved had Teddy not been a coward *and* a drunk.
Well, that's 3.5 years more than you-know-who got.
Well, at least this young woman wasn't left to drown!
He should run for the Senate. He'd be a shoo-in up there.
I figured Conn being so close to Mass, maybe the lifeguard Senator would cut a deal for this guys release. Senator lifeguard cannot afford to have this guy jailed and a comparison made to his fortunate affair vs this sucker.
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I hope someone faxes this info to Ted Kennedy since he may be interested.
i think teddy got out the car because his pumpkin head kept him afloat.......
In Senator Kennedy's view, this judge has no regard for precedent.
Number 3 - This guy is not a Kennedy in Mass.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1488188/posts
A walrus locomoting about on dry land is a mountain of heaving waves of blubber. It's almost nauseating. Kinda like Big Head Ted. But, the walrus is a damned fine swimmer. Kinda like Big Head Ted.
PS - I named my weiner dog Ted. He was s'posed to be a mini-dachsie, but he turned out to be a 20 pound ball of lard. Hmmmmmmmmmmm.
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