Kathy Welsh
WHITE PLAINS – Renzo Yance, age 22, has been arraigned before Judge George Fufidio on charges related to a fatal car accident in Yonkers on Aug. 26, 2017.
Renzo Yance
According to Westchester County District Attorney Anthony A. Scarpino Jr., the Westchester County Grand Jury handed up a 13-count indictment against Renzo Yance, the driver in the crash that killed one of his passengers, 19-year-old Nina Cordero of Yonkers.
The highest charge is Manslaughter in the Second Degree, a class C felony, which alleges Yance recklessly caused her death, said Scarpino.
He is also charged with Criminally Negligent Homicide, a class E felony, Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle in the Second Degree, and other counts stemming from the accident on Central Park Avenue.
Yance pleaded not guilty.
The charges are as follows:
- Count 1: Manslaughter in the Second Degree, a Class C Felony
- Count 2: Criminally Negligent Homicide, a Class E Felony
- Count 3: Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle In The Second Degree
- Count 4: Reckless Endangerment in the second Degree
- Count 5: Assault in the third Degree
- Count 6: Reckless Driving
- Counts 7-10: Speeding
- Count 11: Reckless Driving
- Count 12: Operating a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence Of Drugs, a Class D Felony
- Count 13: Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle In the first Degree, a Class D Felony
Background information provided by the D.A.’s Office:
Around 7:15 p.m. on the evening of the crash, Yonkers police reported an overturned BMW was found on Central Park Avenue near Sador Lane, with a woman passenger having been ejected from the vehicle further down the road. She was unconscious and unresponsive at the time. Later, Cordero was pronounced dead at a local hospital. The indictment alleges, Yance was driving without a license at more than 55 miles an hour on a city road and it was that high speed that contributed to the accident. Another passenger in the car was injured.
Yance was also arraigned on Counts 12 and 13 of the indictment related to an incident in Dobbs Ferry on Aug. 6, 2017. The indictment alleges Yance was driving without a license and under the influence of drugs. Those charges are as follows: Operating a Motor Vehicle while Under the Influence of Drugs, a Class D felony, and Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle in the first Degree, a class E felony.
Yance faces a maximum sentence of 15 years on the charge of Manslaughter in the Second Degree. His next court appearance is scheduled for March 13, 2018.
