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December 20, 2005

Updated: Lux gets 13 years for drunk-driving fatality / Photo

Journal photo / Andrew Dickerman

Pedro Lux was sentenced today in Superior Court, Providence.

PROVIDENCE - A Cranston man who disappeared before his scheduled sentencing last month for a drunk-driving fatality now faces 13 years in prison.

Pedro Lux, 34, was sentenced in Superior Court today for his conviction of driving under the influence of alcohol, death resulting, and related charges in the Providence crash that killed Rosario Rodriguez, 45, in October 2001.

Lux, who failed to show for his scheduled sentencing Nov. 30, was captured earlier this month in Everett, Wash., by a fugitive task force. He also pleaded innocent today to bail jumping.

- Journal staff writer Gregory Smith

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