On the evening of Aug. 11, 2020, a white Jeep SUV jumped the curb and struck Yesenia Lisette Aguilar of Anaheim, as she was walking on the sidewalk with her husband.
A Garden Grove woman was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in prison for running down and killing a 23-year-old pregnant woman in Anaheim four years ago.Courtney Fritz Pandolfi, 44, pleaded guilty Feb.
6 to second-degree murder and a felony count of driving under the influence of a drug causing injury, along with misdemeanor counts of driving on a suspended or revoked license due to a DUI, driving under the influence of a drug and possession of drug paraphernalia. She also pleaded guilty to drug charges while in custody, according to Deputy District Attorney Brian Orue.The crash happened on the evening of Aug. 11, 2020, when Yesenia Lisette Aguilar of Anaheim, who was 35 weeks pregnant, was walking on the sidewalk with her husband when a white Jeep SUV jumped the curb and struck her, police said.Paramedics took the woman to the hospital, where the baby was delivered via emergency C-section. After Friday's hearing, Orue pointed to the victim's husband, James Alvarez, who was holding the couple's 3 1/2-year-old daughter, Adalyn Rose, as a 'miracle that emerged from this case.'Alvarez told Pandolfi during the sentencing hearing that his daughter 'lost big,' and that he wanted the defendant to 'share the pain I carry.'He told the defendant he hopes she finds the help she needs for her addictions while in prison.Alvarez has tried to use the tragedy to share inspirational words on social media to help others going through an unexpected tragedy.He said he would continue to sound the alarms about the dangers of impaired driving.Pandolfi was charged with second-degree murder instead of voluntary manslaughter, which does not carry a life sentence, because Pandolfi was previously convicted of DUI and was given a so-called Watson Waiver, which warns DUI offenders that if they get into a deadly collision, they face the upgraded charge of murder.Pandolfi's rap sheet of drug and DUI charges, as well as a felony count of identity theft, date back to 2015.
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