A 21-year-old man who caused a high-speed crash that killed three people while fleeing police at 140 mph has received what victims’ families and police unions describe as a “slap on the hand.”
Luis Leyba-Gonzalez pled guilty to nine felony counts in the Sept. 26, 2023 crash that killed 14-year-old Christian Leyba-Gonzalez, 32-year-old Jose Gonzalez Jr., and 21-year-old Makayla Hankins, who was driving the car hit by Leyba-Gonzalez’s Dodge Challenger.
Judge Reduces Charges, Imposes Minimal Prison Time
According to court records and reports from the Indianapolis Star, Judge Jennifer Prinz Harrison dismissed six of the initial twelve felony counts, sentencing Leyba-Gonzalez only to three counts of resisting law police resulting in death.
Prosecutors wanted a 25-year prison term, while the defense requested a three-year sentence. In the end, the judge sentenced him to nine years in all, with just two years inside prison and the remainder served on probation and community corrections…