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Oct 22, 2004

Driver Sentenced in Dragging Death
The Associated Press


FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - A driver who ran over a man on an interstate highway and 
dragged him nine miles to his death was sentenced Friday to just over a year in 
prison.
Josuel Galdino, 25, cried throughout the hearing and told the judge he would 
trade his life if it would bring his victim back.

On Feb. 29, Galdino hit Fitsum Gebreegziabher, 27, who had left his car to check 
on a flat tire on Interstate 95 in Springfield, Va., when he was struck. His 
body was caught in the front suspension of Galdino's vehicle and was dragged to 
Galdino's Lorton, Va., home.

He telephoned police to say he had hit someone, and officers found the body in 
the parking lot outside Galdino's town house.

Galdino pleaded guilty in June to involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors dropped 
charges of driving while intoxicated and felony hit-and-run as part of the plea 
bargain. Galdino has said he did not have alcohol in his system when he hit 
Galdino.

In Fairfax County Circuit Court on Friday for sentencing, Galdino said: "I know 
I have made a mistake. I'm sorry for everything."

Judge Arthur B. Vieregg brushed aside a prosecution request for the maximum 
10-year sentence and sentenced Galdino to five years with all but one year and 
four months suspended.

The judge called Galdino "a sensitive and religious young man."

AP-ES-10-22-04 1838EDT

This story can be found at: http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBULAFXM0E.html

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