3/21/14 - A South Lyon man who police say hit a woman with his SUV in a local park last summer has been sentenced. 24-year-old Roy Joseph Galdes was ordered to spend three years on probation, with the first year in the Livingston County Jail. That was the result of a plea deal to which he previously pleaded guilty to operating under the influence of alcohol causing injury, possession of marijuana, and having open intoxicants in a vehicle. Police said Galdes was intoxicated and had open alcohol in his vehicle when the Novi woman was struck by his SUV at the Island Lake Recreation Area the afternoon of June 22nd last year. Toxicology reports later revealed that he had a blood-alcohol level of .22%, nearly three times the stateâs legal limit for driving. Witnesses told police that Galdes had backed out of his parking spot and hit the woman, pinning her between the two vehicles. She was hospitalized and unable to walk for a couple of weeks as a result. Both the victim and her doctor testified at a previous hearing that she used a walker for roughly a month due to the injuries. (JK)
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