Saturday, October 13, 2018

Juan Mata-Chavez Gets 20-years In Hit-and-run Death Of Monica Hernandez In Milwaukee's Southside

Mata-Chavez will do 12-years in prison and 8-years under supervision for the Hernandez hit-and-run death in February, according to Milwaukee County Circuit Court records.

By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

October 13, 2018

Milwaukee, WI - On Friday, Juan Mata-Chavez, 28, was sentenced to 20-years in prison for the fatal hit-and-run death of Monica Hernandez, 43, on February 4th. Mata-Chavez pleaded no contest under a plea agreement in August. He was facing up to 6-years in prison for one felony count for knowingly operating a vehicle while revoked (causing death) and up to 25-years for one felony count for hit-and-run involving death. Mata-Chavez was sentenced to 6-years in prison on count one, but will do 3-years in prison and 3-years under supervision. On felony count two, he was sentenced to 20-years in prison, but will do 12-years in prison and 8-years under supervision, which both counts run concurrently, meaning he will do a mandatory 12-years in prison and 8-years probation, according to court records. Mata-Chavez will also face deportation, if he is not a U.S. Citizen after he completes his sentence.
Mata-Chavez lost controlled of a truck that he was driving without a valid license on icy conditions at the 1500 block of W. Lincoln Ave. and struck head on the vehicle that Hernandez was driving. Mata-Chavez and two other men and a woman who were passengers then fled the scene of the crash leaving Hernandez to die. According to a witness, Mata-Chavez took a weapon out and pointed at a man who attempted to stop them from fleeing the crime scene, but nearby surveillance video cameras caught the crash incident and the suspects fleeing through an alley.
Mata-Chavez was driving with a revoked driver's license. According to the criminal complaint, Mata-Chavez called his sister after the deadly accident and told her to report the truck as stolen at gunpoint. She did reported it stolen about half an hour after the accident, but when questioned by police, she admitted that she had lied for her brother and identified him as the person wearing the cap in the video surveillance. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner reported that Hernandez died from internal bleeding including damage to her liver caused by blunt force trauma, which she also suffered from two broken legs. She apparently died during the operating procedure to save her.
Hernandez's 13-year-old son who was her passenger in the vehicle survived. They had just left a church service.

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