Driver sentenced for Valley crash that resulted in amputation
Nearly two years after Kimberly Pero’s left leg was amputated due to a suspected drunk driver, the defendant was finally sentenced this week in Maricopa County.
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Nearly two years after Kimberly Pero’s left leg was amputated due to a suspected drunk driver, the defendant was finally sentenced this week in Maricopa County.
They first bonded over their fight for justice, as the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office had not yet filed charges against the men accused of hitting them.
Glendale Police arrested the suspected drunk driver on a grand jury warrant that indicted him for aggravated assault and endangerment.
That’s 627 cases that are handled by 15 attorneys in MCAO’s Vehicular Crimes Bureau, where six specialized attorneys take on serious cases, such as felony DUIs.
More than a year after a woman lost her left leg to an alleged drunk driver, the suspect has yet to be formally charged by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.