Probably more than alcohol there.
"You killed 2 people while drunk driving"… "OK, but when can I get my car?" 😳 pic.twitter.com/ETniTTYOcx
— Detect Clips💕 (@detectclips) July 31, 2023
THIS is who she killed
Victims: Andrea Rosewicz, 43 and Paul Prowant, 55. pic.twitter.com/I6BweEjMhV
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Shocking moment college student SMILED during field sobriety test just minutes after KILLING TWO while three times over the legal limit: Receives 14 years in prison
Stephanie Melgoza, 24, of Farmington, was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Thursday for the deaths of Andrea Rosewicz, 43, of Avon, Ohio, and Paul Prowant, 55, of Seattle.
She pleaded guilty to four felonies for aggravated DUI and aggravated reckless driving in February. Four lesser chargers were dismissed earlier this year in exchange for a guilty plea, the Pekins Daily Times reported.
Melgoza struck and killed them in a DUI crash on April 10, 2022, while they were crossing the street near Full Throttle bar in East Peoria.
The then-Bradley University student was three times over the legal limit and failed every field sobriety test. She admitted to officers that she had three vodka and waters and had cannabis in her purse.
In bodycam footage, released on Saturday, Melgoza can be seen manically smiling at the police officer as she giggles her way through a light test.
After being asked to ‘touch the tip of my pen’ to indicate she understood the assignment, the young woman proceeded to move her head back and forth, rather than just her eyes.
‘Just your eyes,’ the officer reminded her.
‘It’s really hard, it’s really hard,’ Melgoza laughed before grabbing her own face to steady her moving head. Despite bracing herself, she continuously failed to stay still, all while doing so with a wide smile on her face.
(May 23. 2023) East Peoria, Illinois – Shocking moment college student SMILED during field sobriety test just minutes after KILLING TWO while three times over the legal limit: Receives 14 years in prison
Stephanie Melgoza, 24, of Farmington, was sentenced to 14 years in prison… pic.twitter.com/WppPXrAfNm
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