Mother and Daughter Sentenced In Death of Tewksbury Family's Kin
Teen who was driving the car that killed Margaret Catyb avoids jail time in plea deal.
The Florida mother and daughter held responsible for the death of a Billerica woman last spring have both agreed to plea deals in the case.
Margaret Catyb, 77, was killed on May 31, while visiting Florida to attend the high school graduation of one of her 10 grandchildren. The Nissan Altima she was a passenger in was struck by a Dodge Durango driven by a 15-year-old with a learner's permit and no adult with her. The Durango had run a stop sign.
Margaret Catyb's son, Thomas Catyb, lives in Tewksbury with his family.
The teen, Brianna Henderson, pled no contest to failure to obtain a Florida driver's license, violation of learner's permit requirements and failure to yield right of way at a stop sign, according to an article published by the Lowell Sun.
Henderson was sentenced to six months probation, must perform 75 hours of community service, write a letter of apology to the Catyb family and write a 1,000-word paper on the impact of driving carelessly, according to the article.
Henderson's mother, Apryl Tucker, 37, pled guilty to allowing an unlicensed driver to use her car and was sentenced to 60 days in jail, 40 of which was suspended, six months probation and community service.
Thomas Catyb declined comment on the plea deals. He did, however, off his thanks to Florida authorities.
"I would like to thank the Florida law enforcement, Attorney General, and District Attorney's offices for following up on this, giving us updates and allowing the family to comment at the proceeding, as well as following this to its conclusion," he said.
Karen H
7:58 am on Monday, December 10, 2012
Not nearly enough punishment! Wow :(
Mike
9:32 am on Monday, December 10, 2012
She killed some1 and she got off with nearly no punishment justice system failed again
Dan
10:12 am on Monday, December 10, 2012
Wow...plea deal for someone killing someone....SAD!!!
mike t
12:59 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
God bless America! I guess we now know the best way to murder someone and get off with a slap on the wrist.
Karyn
1:30 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
That's terrible! Got off WAY too easy! That poor woman and her family.
Andrea
4:54 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
My son lost his license for longer than that for being a junior operator are you kidding me.....
Brooke
7:16 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
You have GOT to be kidding me?! At least we know its not just MA where the law allows people to literally get away with murder. Community service and an essay, so a highschooler got some additional homework? Boo hoo. Disgusting.
Steevo
12:26 am on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The only consolation I get is reading others' indignation.
Lori
10:57 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
What an injustice! Both the teen should have spent time in jail and not sentenced to basically nothing more than a homework assignment and her mother should have spent a lot more time in jail so she could sit there and think of what a stupid idiot she is. Obviously she has no parenting skills and she has passed on her lack of common sense and disregard for others to her daughter. I now know the reason for mandatory sentencing for some crimes (too bad not for this one), because judges just can't be counted on to order the appropriate sentence for the protection of the public and to give proper punishment to the criminal.
Debra Bria
12:01 pm on Friday, December 14, 2012
This is the same state that let Killer Casey Anthony go,So no surprise in this case.
Mike Butler
4:55 am on Saturday, December 15, 2012
Has anyone "enetered a plea" for Margaret Catyb???
Michelle
11:45 am on Sunday, December 16, 2012
That's not enough punishment, really what r we teaching people. Kids will just get a slap on the wrist. Along with the parent.
r m crescitelli
1:25 pm on Sunday, December 16, 2012
So sad. So much of what's going on in society today, its all just so sad.
drew michaels
7:56 pm on Sunday, December 16, 2012
Hey you killed somebody now wright a paper about responsibility. Lmfao only in America!