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Teen gets 2 years for killing two moms
By Nelson Daranciang
POSTED: 12:29 a.m. HST, Oct 03, 2008
A state judge sentenced a 19-year-old man to two years in prison today for causing the deaths of two single moms in a horrific car crash in Waimanalo last year.
Tyler Nainoa Duarte was 17 years old when he crashed his parents’ sport utility vehicle into a sedan near Waimanalo Elementary and Intermediate School Jan. 20, 2007. He admitted he was under the influence of alcohol, cocaine and marijuana at the time of the crash.
The SUV hit the sedan broadside crushing and pinning it against a concrete wall. The crash killed Michelle A. Benevedes, 39, and her cousin, Racquel L. Akau, 38, both of Waimanalo.
Family Court Senior Judge Frances Wong sentenced Duarte to five years probation. But as a condition of the probation, ordered him to spend one year in jail for each of the two negligent homicide charges to which he had pleaded guilty in July. He also pleaded guilty to fleeing the scene of an accident.
Wong had previously waived family court jurisdiction over Duarte, allowing prosecutors to charge him as an adult. However, Wong continued to preside over the case.
A state judge sentenced a 19-year-old man to two years in prison today for causing the deaths of two single moms in a horrific car crash in Waimanalo last year.
Tyler Nainoa Duarte was 17 years old when he crashed his parents’ sport utility vehicle into a sedan near Waimanalo Elementary and Intermediate School Jan. 20, 2007. He admitted he was under the influence of alcohol, cocaine and marijuana at the time of the crash.
The SUV hit the sedan broadside crushing and pinning it against a concrete wall. The crash killed Michelle A. Benevedes, 39, and her cousin, Racquel L. Akau, 38, both of Waimanalo.
Family Court Senior Judge Frances Wong sentenced Duarte to five years probation. But as a condition of the probation, ordered him to spend one year in jail for each of the two negligent homicide charges to which he had pleaded guilty in July. He also pleaded guilty to fleeing the scene of an accident.
Wong had previously waived family court jurisdiction over Duarte, allowing prosecutors to charge him as an adult. However, Wong continued to preside over the case.
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