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Erika Hughes and her daughter Gabriella (credit: Hughes Family via CBS 2)

Mastic Man’s Light Sentence In Fatal Hit And Run Infuriates Victim’s Family

Preston Mimms, 48, pleaded guilty last month to charges in connection with the accident that killed 24-year-old Erika Hughes on July 29, 2011.

2013/01/04

Erika Hughes and her daughter Gabriella (credit: Hughes Family via CBS 2)

Family Outraged At Lenient Sentence Expected For Driver Who Killed Woman

Erika Hughes was in the prime of her life, with a great job and a beautiful daughter, when her life was snatched away by a hit-and-run driver last year. Now, a controversial plea deal could send the driver away for little more than a year in prison.

2012/12/05

Erika Hughes and her daughter Gabriella (credit: Hughes Family via CBS 2)

Mastic Man Pleads Not Guilty In Fatal Hit-And-Run

Preston Mimms of Mastic was charged with leaving the scene of the July 29, 2011, accident.

2012/04/24

Erika Hughes and her daughter Gabriella (credit: Hughes Family via CBS 2)

Police: Erika Hughes, 24, Killed In Suffolk County Hit And Run

Officers say the victim was walking on Mastic Road in Mastic Beach when she was struck Thursday night. The impact threw her body against a curb. The driver fled the scene without so much as slowing down.

2011/07/29

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