A Nevada judge sentenced a former New Haven, Connecticut police officer to not less than two years in jail on Tuesday after he pleaded responsible to a lethal DUI crash in Las Vegas that resulted within the dying of a fellow officer.
FOX 5 in Las Vegas reported that Clark County District Decide Susan Johnson sentenced 37-year-old Robert Ferraro, to 2 to 5 years in jail for DUI leading to dying.
Ferraro was initially charged with DUI leading to dying and reckless driving, although the lesser cost was dropped when he agreed to plead responsible on June 21, 2023.
Police obtained a 911 name at about 4 a.m. on Sept. 17, 2021, of a two-vehicle crash close to the intersection of W. Spring Mountain Highway and S. Decatur Boulevard.
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Robert Ferraro was sentenced to 2 to five years in jail after pleading responsible final 12 months to a DUI crash in Las Vegas that resulted in dying. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division)
The caller reported {that a} car struck a constructing, and an occupant was ejected.
When officers arrived, they spoke with Ferraro, the driving force of a Rolls-Royce concerned within the crash. Police reported that Ferraro had “watery eyes and a strong odor” of alcohol on his breath, including that he refused to undergo a discipline sobriety take a look at. He was transported to the Clark County Detention Heart the place police obtained a search warrant to attract his blood.
An investigation decided the Rolls-Royce had Ferraro, a six-year member of the New Haven Police Division on the time, behind the wheel. Additionally within the luxurious car have been three different law enforcement officials and two ladies.
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The car reportedly misplaced management and struck an occupied car in a non-public driveway earlier than persevering with alongside the street putting utility poles, palm timber and a fireplace hydrant, FOX 5 reported.
The Rolls-Royce went airborne at one level, flipped over and ended up settling upright after New Haven Police officer Joshua Castellano, 35, was ejected from the car.
Castellano was transported to an space hospital the place he was later pronounced lifeless.
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The station reported that investigators obtained search warrants to acquire the car’s crash knowledge recorder, deployed airbags, papers, private results that may set up possession and occupancy of the car, GPS gadgets, private digital gadgets and organic samples, prints and fluids.
Detectives additionally discovered a pink tablet on the passenger floorboard.
Investigators additionally used video from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division Fusion Watch Heart, exhibiting the Rolls-Royce crossing over Decatur earlier than the crash.
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The station reported {that a} police report defined the video confirmed the car reaching the intersection at ahigh pace earlier than bottoming out and sending sparks flying from the undercarriage.
Police added that not one of the occupants within the Rolls-Royce have been carrying seatbelts.
FOX 5 stated Chief Karl Jacobson of the New Haven Police Division stated Ferraro resigned final 12 months.
