WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A Silver Spring man was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Thursday for a deadly pedestrian crash near the White House in 2022, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for D.C.
Spiro Stafilatos, 39, was found guilty by a jury in May of second-degree murder, aggravated assault while armed, and fleeing for the death of Shuyu Sui and injuring another pedestrian.
According to court records, the government asked for a harsher sentence due to the “multiple aggravating factors” related to the life-threatening injuries sustained by the surviving pedestrian…