A judge on Friday sentenced Jordan Randolph to 12 to 25 years in prison for the 2020 death of a Hampton Bays man whose vehicle he struck while fleeing police at 137 mph on William Floyd Parkway in Shirley, a case that called scrutiny to the reform of the bail of the state. laws
Judge Richard Ambro handed down his sentence just before 1 p.m. Randolph was convicted at trial in February of 13 charges, including aggravated vehicular homicide.
Randolph, 43, had three prior DWI convictions, a suspended license and was believed to have had an anti-DWI interlock device in his vehicle before the crash that killed Jonathan Flores-Maldonado. Randolph had made a court appearance related to a previous DWI conviction just two days before the fatal crash.
Flores-Maldonado, 27, had dreamed of becoming a doctor, said his father, Victor Maldonado.
During the trial, prosecutors said Randolph had spent the night before the Jan. 12, 2020, 4 a.m. crash drinking and fighting in fights that were caught on security cameras at Jake’s 58 Casino in Iceland
Police saw his Cadillac driving erratically on a rain-soaked William Floyd Parkway, where an officer attempted to pull him over. Prosecutors said Randolph was trying to elude police when his vehicle hit the back of Flores-Maldonado’s Ford Escape with “missile force,” spinning it and dragging it 600 feet down the road. highway
A toxicology expert testified that Randolph’s blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit 2 1/2 hours after the crash.
A judge on Friday sentenced Jordan Randolph to 12 to 25 years in prison for the 2020 death of a Hampton Bays man whose vehicle he struck while fleeing police at 137 mph on William Floyd Parkway in Shirley, a case that called scrutiny to the reform of the bail of the state. laws
Judge Richard Ambro handed down his sentence just before 1 p.m. Randolph was convicted at trial in February of 13 charges, including aggravated vehicular homicide.
Randolph, 43, had three prior DWI convictions, a suspended license and was believed to have had an anti-DWI interlock device in his vehicle before the crash that killed Jonathan Flores-Maldonado. Randolph had made a court appearance related to a previous DWI conviction just two days before the fatal crash.
Flores-Maldonado, 27, had dreamed of becoming a doctor, said his father, Victor Maldonado.
During the trial, prosecutors said Randolph had spent the night before the Jan. 12, 2020, 4 a.m. crash drinking and fighting in fights that were caught on security cameras at Jake’s 58 Casino in Iceland
Police saw his Cadillac driving erratically on a rain-soaked William Floyd Parkway, where an officer attempted to pull him over. Prosecutors said Randolph was trying to elude police when his vehicle hit the back of Flores-Maldonado’s Ford Escape with “missile force,” spinning it and dragging it 600 feet down the road. highway
A toxicology expert testified that Randolph’s blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit 2 1/2 hours after the crash.
