Man gets 73 years for 2021 Wilton Manors hit-and-run that killed 3 children

WILTON MANORS, Fla. — Nearly four and a half years after a hit-and-run crash in Wilton Manors killed three children and injured three others, grieving family members filled a Broward courtroom Thursday as Sean Charles Greer was sentenced to 73 years in prison for the deadly collision.

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The emotional hearing featured tearful testimony from relatives of the victims, some of whom directly addressed Greer as they described the pain they have endured since the Dec. 27, 2021, crash.

“No one cares about your upbringing,” Devera Stukes, the mother of 9-year-old Laziyah “Minnie” Stukes, told Greer during her victim impact statement. “Our children were not on Powerline Road but on the sidewalk.”

At one point, the father of one of the surviving children walked out of the courtroom while speaking about the crash.

“He almost killed my son,” the man said before leaving.

Family members wore matching T-shirts and held signs honoring the children who died: 6-year-old Andrea Fleming, 5-year-old Paris Kyli-Ann Jones and 9-year-old Laziyah Stukes.

According to investigators, Greer, then 27, was driving a 2009 Honda Accord when he struck six children who were walking along Northwest Ninth Avenue between Northwest 24th and 26th streets in Wilton Manors. Authorities said he fled the scene after the crash.

Andrea and Paris died shortly after the collision. Laziyah initially survived but died from her injuries in July 2022, more than six months after the crash, according to investigators.

Authorities said three other children — Audre Fleming, Draya Fleming and Johnathan Carter — survived.

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During Thursday’s hearing, Greer, now 32, became emotional as family members and his relatives addressed the court. At one point, a bailiff handed him a tissue as he cried while listening to his sister speak.

His sister told the court Greer was devastated when he learned children had been killed and said he had contemplated taking his own life. She also spoke about the impact the case has had on his family.

The defense initially asked Judge Andrew Siegel to sentence Greer to 35 years in prison.

Relatives of the victims urged the court to impose a longer sentence, arguing that Greer showed little concern after the crash and fled without helping the injured children.

Prosecutors sought a sentence of at least 48 years.

After hearing from both sides, Siegel sentenced Greer to 48 years in prison on one count and 25 years on a second count, to be served consecutively, for a total of 73 years. He also sentenced Greer to 48 years on the remaining felony convictions, with those sentences to run concurrently.

As testimony concluded, family members said they were seeking justice for the three children whose lives were cut short and for the survivors who continue to live with the consequences of the crash.

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