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Family members of motorcyclist Marvin Johnson Jr., who was killed in a hit-and-run crash in July, left a Fresno County Superior courtroom in tears Monday after a judge sentenced the driver to three years of probation and one year in county jail.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is bulls–t,\u201d said one family member as she left the sentencing hearing.<\/p>\n
Johnson, 30, was killed on July 1 when struck by a vehicle driven by Jamie McKenzie, 31. The crash happened at about 9 p.m. in the intersection of Dakota and Fruit avenues. Johnson was riding a motorcycle and on his way home from his job at Amazon when he was struck.<\/p>\n
Police said McKenzie collided with the motorcyclist but failed to stop to check on Johnson.<\/p>\n
Family members faulted McKenzie for not stopping and doing the right thing. \u201cMy son lay out there bleeding,\u201d said Hazel Ashford. \u201cAnd she did absolutely nothing. He laid out there in the street and she was nowhere in sight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ashford also was angry that McKenzie did not turn herself in until 20 days after the crash. \u201cThat isn\u2019t showing remorse,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Judge Raj Singh Badhesha said that while the death of Johnson was tragic, the defendant did not have a recent criminal history and accepted responsibility.<\/p>\n
Prior to her sentencing, McKenzie read to the court a letter in which she explained why she left the scene of the crash. \u201cI got scared and panicked,\u201d she said. \u201cI was terrified about what might happen to my children. I felt so remorseful.\u201d<\/p>\n
But McKenzie also said she realized that a man was dead because of her and that she needed to \u201cown up to it.\u201d<\/p>\n
She pleaded no contest in August to one count of felony hit-and-run resulting in permanent injury and one count of misdemeanor, vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence.<\/p>\n
The judge also argued that justice would best be served by having McKenzie under the supervision of the probation office for \u201ca considerable amount of time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Typically, probation is two years, but the judge added an extra year.<\/p>\n
On count two, he sentenced her to a year in jail.<\/p>\n
Senior Deputy District Attorney Lisa Urizola and members of Johnson\u2019s family were pushing for the maximum of four years in prison.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think she should have received at least two years,\u201d Urizola said. \u201cWe are disappointed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ashford said she felt let down by the judge. \u201cThis isn\u2019t just justice, but this also isn\u2019t over,\u201d she said after the hearing. \u201cWe are going back to court and suing her for wrongful death.\u201d<\/p>\n
McKenzie was represented by defense attorney Rick Horowitz.<\/p>\n