By Cathy Locke
clocke@sacbee.com
An Antelope man has been sentenced to 300 days in jail and five years probation in an hit-and-run case in which a 47-year-old woman was killed on Interstate 80 in Roseville.
Jeremy Sam Sarguis, 20, pleaded not guilty in May to two counts of conspiracy and one count of leaving the scene of an accident in which a death occurred. He was sentenced today by Placer County Superior Court Judge Robert P. McElhany, who accepted the Probation Department's recommendation to grant probation.
Sarguis struck and killed Vickie Janell Scott of Grass Valley as she walked on I-80 near Atlantic Street at 4:30 a.m. Feb. 4.
The Placer County District Attorney's Office had requested a sentence of three years in state prison, arguing that Sarguis fled after striking the woman, despite pleas from one of his passengers to return to the scene. Sarguis also tried to remove evidence of the accident from the vehicle, and after being persuaded to turn themselves in, Sarguis and others fabricated a story about what occurred in the accident, according to a District Attorney's Office news release.
In addition to the probation and jail sentence, Judge McElhany ordered Sarguis to pay $8,804 in restitution and to submit to search and seizure by law enforcement. He also is to abstain from using or possessing intoxicants and may not frequent places where alcohol is the chief item of sale.
Call The Bee's Cathy Locke, (916) 321-5287.
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