WESTCHESTER COUNTY OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
MIRIAM E. ROCAH
***NEWS RELEASE***
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 15, 2022.
YORKTOWN MAN SENTENCED TO STATE PRISON FOR WRONG-WAY DRUNK DRIVING CRASH THAT KILLED OSSINING RESIDENT.
White Plains, NY – Westchester County District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah announced that Yorktown resident Mark Cope was sentenced to state prison in connection with a wrong-way, head-on collision he caused while intoxicated, which resulted in the death of Ossining resident Shina McClam.
Cope, 41, was sentenced on April 15, 2022, to a term of 3 to 9 years in state prison after his pleas of guilty to three counts of Aggravated Vehicular Homicide, Manslaughter in the Second Degree, Aggravated Vehicular Assault and Vehicular Assault in the Second Degree, all felonies. He also pled guilty to Assault in the Third Degree, Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated, two counts of Driving While Intoxicated, and Reckless Driving, all misdemeanors.
The District Attorney’s Office had recommended that the Court impose a term of 6 to 18 years in state prison.
“Mark Cope’s selfish decision to drive while intoxicated resulted in the needless death of a mother and put the lives of the two young passengers at great risk,” DA Rocah said. “Our hearts are with the surviving victims, their families, and the entire Ossining community, which united to take care of the McClam family after this senseless tragedy.”
The case was before Judge Barry Warhit in Westchester County Court, and was prosecuted by Major Case Bureau Deputy Chief Jonathan Strongin and Assistant District Attorney Marissa Morra-Wynn.
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