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Long Island Woman Pleads Guilty in Fatal Memorial Dispute

Ann Marie Drago accepts plea deal for criminally negligent homicide after multiple mistrials in the death of Evelyn Rodriguez.

  • Ann Marie Drago, 63, admitted to running over Evelyn Rodriguez during a confrontation in 2018.
  • Rodriguez was mourning her daughter, who was killed by MS-13 gang members, at the time of the incident.
  • Drago's plea deal comes after two mistrials and an overturned conviction due to prosecutorial misconduct.
  • She is expected to receive five years of probation but prosecutors are pushing for a prison term of one to three years.
  • Sentencing is scheduled for August 1, with Rodriguez's family not present in court for the plea.
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