Philomena Mistretta, 51, of Coram, will also endure five years of post-release supervision after pleading guilty to Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney.
Mistretta was initially charged with intentionally striking a 63-year-old woman with a minivan following a verbal altercation that turned physical.
This near-fatal incident occurred on October 26, 2024, in a Bellport parking lot.
Court documents and the defendant’s own admissions confirm Mistretta was sitting in the driver’s seat of a 2004 White Toyota Sienna shortly after 3:30 a.m. when she struck up a heated argument with the victim.
After getting out of the car to physically accost the victim, Mistretta returned to the vehicle, backed up, angled her car toward the victim and drove over her; she was dragged for a short distance.
The victim was transported to Long Island Community Hospital with lacerations to her skull. Suffolk County Police arrested Mistretta at the scene shortly thereafter.
She officially pled guilty to three violent felonies on June 18th, and was sentenced on July 22nd.
“What began as a disagreement should never have escalated to this level of violence,” said DA Tierney. “The defendant made a conscious choice to harm another person, and today’s sentence reflects the gravity of that decision.”