A 40-year-old Florida woman could go to jail for up to 15 years for leaving the scene of an accident where she hit a man on a scooter, killing him by decapitating him inside out.
Lawyers for Sarah Rachel Nowlin said they would not fight the charge of leaving the scene of a fatal accident in the hit-and-run death of 34-year-old Calvin Anthony Garlick in Pensacola. The First Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office said in a press statement that Nowlin was given a 15-year prison sentence on Wednesday. She must serve four years of her sentence before she can be released on parole.
Charles Britt, who was in charge of the prosecution, said, “This defendant knew what she was doing was wrong.” “Evidence showed that Ms. Nowlin knew she had hit someone, lied to everyone, even her 8-year-old child who was in the car at the time of the accident, tried to hide the car in the woods, and kept trying to hide the crime to avoid taking responsibility.” Nowlin had many chances to do the right thing, but he chose to protect himself at all costs…