Man Gets Jail For Helping Hit-And-Run Driver Escape

Guadalupe Bastida Sentenced To 371 Days In Jail

Alan Gathright, 7NEWS Content Producer


UPDATED: 4:32 pm MDT July 18, 2011


DENVER -- A man was sentenced Monday to 371 days in jail for aiding the escape of a hit-and-run driver who killed a Denver nightclub valet, authorities said Monday.

Guadalupe Bastida, 48, was sentenced after earlier pleading guilty to one count of misdemeanor aiding escape, said Denver district attorney spokeswoman Lynn Kimbrough.

Bastida was accused of aiding the brief escape of Norma Vera-Nolasco, 32, who police said was behind the wheel of a truck that struck and killed 21-year-old Jose Medina as he was parking cars outside the Rockstar Lounge on Jan. 22. Prosecutors said Vera-Nolasco was drunk and didn't stop.

Vera-Nolasco was arrested days after the hit-and-run after police pulled her off a Mexico-bound jetliner at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport that had been taxiing for takeoff, police said.

Vera-Nolasco has pleaded guilty to felony vehicular homicide and faces up to 12 years in prison when she is sentenced in September, Kimbrough said.

Another accomplice, Eliu Montes-Garcia, 18, has pleaded guilty to accessory to a crime and awaits sentencing.

Yolanda Bastida-Nolasco, 44, Vera-Nolasco's sister, has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor aiding escape and awaits sentencing.

All four defendants in the case are illegal immigrants and face deportation, according to federal immigration authorities.

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