From Richmond Times-Dispatch

An intoxicated, wrong-way driver who pleaded guilty to the April killing of a newspaper carrier in South Hill had been convicted of DUI a year earlier and had never been licensed to drive in Virginia.

Santos G. Tomas, 30, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, was convicted in March 2012 of driving under the influence of alcohol in neighboring Lunenburg County.

He had never acquired a license to drive but a judge in the earlier case revoked his privileges to obtain a license for 12 months as part of his punishment, Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Allen Nash said.

After the suspension period passed, Tomas continued to drive without a license and was doing so when he crashed head-on April 7 into a car being driven by longtime Richmond Times-Dispatch carrier Maxey Ann Lynch, 61, who later died at VCU Medical Center ….MORE