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Driver given 30 years for waitress' slaying 07/22/2003By ROBERT THARP / The Dallas Morning News A Dallas County jury ignored Sarah Foust's plea for probation Monday, sentencing the 19-year-old single mother to 30 years in prison in the hit-and-run death of an Irving waitress who was trying to collect an unpaid restaurant bill. Ms. Foust trembled and sobbed as the parents of 20-year-old Jennifer Sanchez addressed her moments after the jury's sentence on the sixth day of her murder trial. The victim's mother, Brenda Sanchez, supported the jury's punishment but told Ms. Foust that her murder conviction amounts to a...

Foust guilty of murder in death of Irving waitress07/18/2003From Staff Reports Dallas County jurors convicted 19-year-old Sarah Foust of murder in the hit-and-run death of an Irving waitress. Ms. Foust faces five to 99 years in prison. Testimony in the punishment phase of the trial will begin Monday. Ms. Foust testified Thursday that she didn't realize that waitress Jennifer Sanchez, 20, was on top of the Chevrolet Nova as she sped out of a Bennigan's parking lot in Irving early in the morning of Jan. 3. Ms. Sanchez had been trying to get the car's license plate number when...

Murder case in hit-run death of waitress goes to juryDriver: 'I never meant to hurt her'07/18/2003By ROBERT THARP / The Dallas Morning News Through sobs, Sarah Foust described on Thursday a drunken plan to skip out on a restaurant tab but denied that she intended to harm a waitress who died trying to stop her and her friends as they drove away. Ms. Foust was the only witness presented by the defense in her murder trial. Jurors deliberated more than three hours before they were sent home with orders to reconvene Friday morning. Ms. Foust faces five to 99...

Woman indicted in waitress's death 02/13/2003 From Staff Reports A 19-year-old woman was indicted Thursday on a charge of murder in the death of an Irving waitress. Sarah Foust told police she was driving the car on Jan. 3 when it struck Jennifer Sanchez, a 20-year-old college student. Ms. Sanchez was trying to get the license plate number from the car carrying a group of diners who had skipped out on a $131 tab at a Bennigan's restaurant. Ms. Sanchez was thrown from the car roof after being struck, and she died of head injuries. JUAN GARCIA / DMN...