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Guilty Plea and Deportation in Fatal Accident Case

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Augusta County
Posted: 4:52 PM Aug 29, 2008
Last Updated: 9:08 AM Aug 30, 2008
Reporter: Meg Gatto
Email Address: mgatto@whsv.com

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An illegal immigrant has pleaded guilty to causing an accident in Augusta County that claimed the life of a man.

Augustin Alcantar Garcia struck a plea deal with the Commonwealth's Attorney's office Friday afternoon.

In exchange for entering a guilty plea, the Commonwealth's Attorney threw out the aggravated portion of his manslaughter charge.

Police say Garcia was drunk when he lost control of his pick-up truck on Route 42, hitting a van head-on and killing the passenger.

Garcia will be deported immediately.

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Posted by: Kristi Location: Mathias on Aug 31, 2008 at 02:24 PM
Three weeks ago, we were hit by a drunk hispanic driver with no drivers licence, no insurance and the vehicle that he was driving wasn't even his. The owner of the vehicle didn't have no insurance either. Thank goodness that we weren't hurt very badly, but our truck was totaled, and he is out free to hit other unsuspecting drivers. Something needs to be done to keep these people off the roads.

Posted by: Debra Location: Luray on Aug 31, 2008 at 05:09 AM
I hope he was also told if he was caught again in the United States that he will go straight to prison.

Posted by: deni269 Location: harrisonburg on Aug 30, 2008 at 06:15 PM
no time???!!!???!! now what doesn't seem right here???? he is hear illegally, so what is stopping him from coming back, illegally, and doing it again?

Posted by: Locke Location: Madison VA on Aug 30, 2008 at 06:19 AM
Let's hope this career criminal doesn't come back, with another alias...again.

Posted by: Todd Location: Luray on Aug 29, 2008 at 09:57 PM
Real good job,deport him so he can come back and kill another American.If an American had killed a peice of trash like this illegal,he/she would be locked up for years.What happened to our justice system,political correctness doesn't apply to trash.

Posted by: Tobias Location: Lexington on Aug 29, 2008 at 08:33 PM
Ironic thing is is that he will have more difficulty getting back into his country then he ever had getting into ours.

Posted by: outraged Location: harrisonburg on Aug 29, 2008 at 07:03 PM
no time??????? just dep0rtatation?????? he will be back in no time!

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