Irondequoit chiropractor pleads guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide

Posted at: 10/29/2012 7:46 AM | Updated at: 10/29/2012 4:26 PM

The Irondequoit chiropractor, charged in connection with a crash that killed a Greece couple plead guilty Monday.

Dr. Stephen Divito pleaded guilty to eight charges including aggravated vehicular manslaughter, vehicular assault, leaving the scene of a person injury incident resulting in a fatality and common law DWI. Dr. Divito was drunk and speeding last November when he hit a car on Lake Ontario State Parkway in Parma. Jim and Pat DePinto were killed in the crash.

Divito is out of jail and still practicing as a chiropractor. He will return to court on January 15 for sentencing, where he faces up to 15 years in state prison.


 

 

 

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