Crime & Safety
ICYMI: Wantagh Mom: 'Disregard For Law' Since Daughter's Death
Rena Gasparis is advocating for a law that makes it a felony for drivers who operate with a suspended license and get in a serious crash.
WANTAGH, NY — It's been a year since Kyriakoula (Kyra, as she was known to most) Gasparis was killed as a passenger in a car crash in Levittown. The driver, Eddy Delaleu, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor, and received no jail time.
Since then, Kyra's mother Rena Gasparis, of Wantagh, has been fighting for harsher penalties for drivers who operate with a suspended license and are involved in a crash that results in death or serious injury.
He could have received up to 30 days in jail; Judge Valerie Alexander gave him a one-year conditional release and $350 fine with $88 in surcharges, a spokesperson for the Nassau County court system said.
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"This is an accumulation of total disregard for the law," Rena Gasparis told Patch.
Click here to read the full Patch interview with Mrs. Gasparis.
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