Stephanie Kavourias
Defendant was under the influence of Xanax when he drove his pick-up truck into a pedestrian at a sidewalk
On Sept. 23, Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced that a Brooklyn man was sentenced to a term of two to six years in state prison for the August 2023 hit-and-run in Hartsdale that killed 65-year-old Stephanie Kavourias.
DA Rocah said: “The victim was a beloved figure in the Greenburgh community, and her life was senselessly taken when the defendant chose to get behind the wheel of his car and drive while impaired. We hope this prosecution and sentence helps Ms. Kovourias’s loved ones begin the process of healing from this tragedy.”
The defendant, Antonio Robles Sanchez, 43, pleaded guilty on Aug. 1 to Vehicular Manslaughter in the Second Degree, Leaving the Scene of an Incident Without Reporting and Criminally Negligent Homicide, all felonies, and Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs, a misdemeanor.
At approximately 11:14 a.m. on Aug. 26, 2023, the defendant, while under the influence of Xanax, drove his Dodge Ram into the victim who was at the intersection of Rockledge Road and East Hartsdale Avenue in Hartsdale, and then left the scene.
The victim was transported to White Plains Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
The Greenburgh Police Department recovered the defendant’s license plate at the scene of the incident and, with assistance from White Plains Public Safety, located and arrested the defendant, who was stopped in a lane of traffic while asleep at the wheel of his truck in front of the Westchester County Center in White Plains.
The case was before Judge George Fufidio in Westchester County Court and prosecuted by Senior Trial Counsel Brian Bendish of the Trials and Investigations Division.
