Leo Anthony Carreto-Lopez, 19, was originally charged with intoxication manslaughter in May after drunk driving at a high speed before crashing into a tree in a fiery accident that killed his 19-year-old passenger Teresa Gonzales.
Far-left Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza negotiated a sweetheart plea deal with Lopez that sentenced him to a misdemeanor and just 10-days in jail.
The Austin Police Association said in response to the plea deal:
“another example of Travis County prosecutors going easy on violent criminals. Victims lives are marginalized. Where is the justice for the families & loved ones of the victim?"
Dennis Farris, president of the Austin Police Retired Officer's Association adds to KXAN-TV that 10-day sentence for killing someone in a drunk driving crash is "unfathomable."
He says, “that’s the way Travis County is. That’s the way we are with people being arrested for murder and everything else being let out because this DA doesn’t believe that just because you’re arrested for a crime you should sit in jail."