Vehicular Manslaughter Defendant Hearing Continued Until Tomorrow

By Yasmine Worley [former] - July 19, 2022
Court | Daily Stories | Suspects | Victims |

Manslaughter defendant Delisa Ann Dello-Stritto and her defense attorney were presented with a plea of five years from prosecutors on July 19 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa K. Copeland.

Dello-Stritto, 29, is charged with vehicular manslaughter, neglected vehicular manslaughter, four counts of traffic violations, second-degree assault, theft between $10,000 and $100,000, and car theft in connection to an incident on March 21, 2020.

The prosecution presented a plea of ten years suspending all but five years with four years of supervised probation for vehicular manslaughter to be served concurrently with two years for two counts of traffic violations. Dello-Stritto has been incarcerated since 2020. Credit will be granted to her sentence.

Dello-Stritto was represented by defense attorney Judit Otvos.

“She will walk in less than 18 months, and my son can’t,” the mother of the victim said during her impact statement.

She continued by describing how she cannot properly bury her son, and how she was unable to be with him when he died due to COVID-19 restrictions. She begged the court to revise the plea.

Dello-Stritto’s hearing is slated to continue on July 20 in order to hear more victim impact statements.