{"id":45095,"date":"2025-11-19T18:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T18:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/45095\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T18:35:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T18:35:09","slug":"wacky-wigmaker-given-easy-sentence-for-wiping-out-family-in-horrid-nyc-crash-tearfully-thanks-judge-for-gracious-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/45095\/","title":{"rendered":"Wacky wigmaker given easy sentence for wiping out family in horrid NYC crash, tearfully thanks judge for &#8216;gracious offer&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An unhinged Brooklyn wigmaker who admitted she mowed down a mom and her two young daughters in a drunken car wreck got a slap-on-the-wrist prison sentence Wednesday \u2014 and even thanked the judge for his \u201cgracious offer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miriam Yarimi, 32, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/17\/us-news\/wacky-wigmaker-miriam-yarimi-gets-sweetheart-plea-from-judge-for-killing-mom-2-young-kids-in-nyc-horror-crash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">faced up<\/a> to 15 years behind bars for the horrific March 29 crash that killed Natasha Saada and her daughters, Diana, 7, and Deborah, 5, as they left Shabbat services, but got a soft sentence of three to nine years from Judge Danny Chun.<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn wigmaker Miriam Yarimi, who admitted she mowed down a mom and her two young daughters in a drunken car wreck, got a slap-on-the-wrist prison sentence Wednesday \u2013 and even thanked the judge for his \u201cgracious offer.\u201d Michael Nagle<\/p>\n<p>Yarimi appeared tearful in court Wednesday as her lawyer wiped away her tears. Michael Nagle<\/p>\n<p>Crash victim Natasha Saada with her husband Sidney Saada in an undated Facebook photo. Facebook\/Natasha Saada<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been persistent throughout my career that when the defendant offers to plead guilty, generally the maximum offer is not given, when the defendant wants to plead guilty and accept responsibility,\u201d the judge said in court.<\/p>\n<p>Yarimi, who has a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/06\/us-news\/unhinged-wigmaker-accused-of-attacking-brooklyn-neighbor-with-hammer-before-killing-mom-kids-in-nyc-car-crash-court-docs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">history of erratic behavior<\/a>, pleaded guilty last month to charges that she was driving under the influence with a suspended license when her Audi A4 barreled through a Gravesend intersection and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/02\/us-news\/brooklyn-boy-struck-by-speeding-wigmaker-miriam-yarimi-in-horrific-crash-loses-kidney-as-he-fights-for-life-official\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">plowed over Saada and her kids<\/a>, also injuring her 4-year-old son.<\/p>\n<p>Yarimi faced up to 15 years behind bars for the horrific March 29 crash that killed mom Natasha Saada and her daughters, Diana, 7, and Deborah, 5, as they left Shabbat services, but got a softer sentence. X<\/p>\n<p>Yarimi, who has a history of erratic behavior, pleaded guilty last month to charges that she was driving under the influence with a suspended license Peter Gerber<\/p>\n<p>The shocking crash, which also damaged another car, was caught on surveillance video.<\/p>\n<p>In court Wednesday, a tearful Yarimi apologized for the deadly collision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to thank Judge Chun for this gracious offer here, and I\u2019ll have to live with this for the rest of my life,\u201d she sobbed. \u201cI think that\u2019s punishment in itself. I think about the victims every day. There\u2019s not a day that goes by that I don\u2019t think about what I did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. 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