A Florida woman arrested in a fatal hit-and-run case received six months of probation after prosecutors reduced a felony charge to a misdemeanor, despite investigators finding that her car struck a pedestrian and caused serious bodily injury.
Aliya Cruz, 26, drove away after encountering 27-year-old Danielle Stilwell lying in a Lakeland roadway shortly before 4 a.m. on August 18, 2025. She told detectives she was unsure whether she struck the woman but continued to work because she was already on a final warning about being late.
Cruz had seven previous traffic citations, including two speeding violations and three stop-sign violations. Her case ultimately ended with a guilty plea to leaving the scene of a property-damage accident, 50 hours of community service, defensive driving school, and no additional jail sentence…