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09-29-2005, 04:26 AM #1
Justice' Served In Hit-And-Run Case
Family: 'Justice' Served In Hit-And-Run Case
Paul Day
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(CBS4) BRIGHTON, Colo. A habitual traffic offender was sentenced at the Adams County Justice Center to 16 years in prison for a deadly hit-and-run. Family members who were at Wednesday's sentencing were relieved to hear the judge give Martinez-Ruiz the maximum sentence, CBS4 reports.
Justin Goodman, 32, was riding a motorcycle two summers ago in Thornton. He was hit by Roberto Martinez-Ruiz, 33, an illegal immigrant with two prior drunken driving convictions. Martinez-Ruiz allegedly had been drinking and driving, and he fled from the intersection where the crash happened.
"After Roberto T-boned Justin he slowed down, (saw) what he'd done and sped off," Christina Goodman, Justin's wife, said.
Martinez-Ruiz then tried to conceal his crime until he was finally caught 6 months later.
Goodman's Mother Carol Vizzi blames both Martinez-Ruiz and his family.
"They hid the car," Vizzi said. "They lied to police."
On the night of the crash, Martinez-Ruiz had no driver's license. It was revoked because of earlier alcohol related offenses. Goodman's uncle John Vizzi said Martinez-Ruiz should have been deported long before the deadly accident.
"If he was sent away the first time, my nephew would be alive," John Vizzi said.
"Justice has been served, yes. Justice for Justin definitely," Christina Goodman said.
Martinez-Ruiz briefly apologized in court, but the judge was critical of him because he spent most of his alloted time in the courtroom talking about how he and his family would be hurt by a severe prison sentence.
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How many more times does these have to happen, before America Wakes up.
"If he was sent away the first time, my nephew would be alive," John Vizzi said.http://www.alipac.us/
You can not be loyal to two nations, without being unfaithful to one. Scubayons 02/07/06
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09-29-2005, 04:35 AM #2Martinez-Ruiz briefly apologized in court, but the judge was critical of him because he spent most of his alloted time in the courtroom talking about how he and his family would be hurt by a severe prison sentence.http://www.alipac.us/
You can not be loyal to two nations, without being unfaithful to one. Scubayons 02/07/06
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