A South Florida woman pleaded guilty to running over a federal agent and fleeing the scene and faces up to 50 year in prison at sentencing next month.
23-year-old Jordana Rosales of Coral Gables told Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman on Thursday that she wanted to take responsibility for the January 2016 death of Homeland Security Investigations Agent Scott McGuire.
Rosales pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of an accident involving death and reckless driving. Prosecutors dropped additional DUI manslaughter charges.
Investigators say Rosales had more than ten gin and tonics at the W hotel in South Beach before getting into her car. McGuire and his colleague were working into the night and were hailing a cab when Rosales ran them over. She didn’t stop after the crash, just kept driving and later tried to hide the damage to her car.
“I just want to apologize to the families that I’ve hurt," Rosales said. "I’m truly sorry.”
The 41-year-old agent's widow, Suzy Rivera, said after the hearing that Rosales had made "bad choices."
“He (McGuire) was an amazing human being, he was an amazing father and he didn’t deserve what happened," said Rivera.
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Rosales will be sentence on November 29th.
