Man sentenced to 27 years for fatal DUI crash that killed two in Yorktown

YORKTOWN, Va. (WAVY)– Hunter Nelson Arnold was sentenced to 27 years in prison for a crash that killed two people, including a pregnant woman, in April 2025.

Arnold was sentenced following his guilty plea to multiple felony offenses in connection to a fatal DUI crash on Water Street in Yorktown. This crash claimed the lives of 21-year-old James Leslie Stewart of Windsor and 34-year-old Abigail Pedroza Navarro of Williamsburg. Navarro was pregnant at the time of the crash.

The judge presiding over the case imposed the following sentences:

  • DUI – Third Offense within Five Years: 5 years, with 4 years suspended
  • DUI Felony Maiming: 5 years, with 4 years suspended
  • Second-Degree Felony Murder (death of pregnant passenger): 40 years,…

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