Jan. 20, 2007
Carlee Wines, a UConn freshman, is struck in a crosswalk on North Eagleville Road at 1:49 a.m. The car that hits her is driven by 19-year-old Anthony P. Alvino of Lindenhurst, N.Y. Also present in the car is Alvino's girlfriend, then-UConn student Michele Hall and Alvino's two friends, Anthony Muccioli and Jordan Donahue. Alvino flees the scene.
In the morning, Alvino leaves UConn with Muccioli and Donahue.* The three are students at St. Bonaventure University in upstate New York. They had been in Storrs visiting Hall. Hall leaves UConn and does not return.
Jan. 22, 2007
Wines dies at Hartford Hospital from blunt-force trauma.
Police, using Connecticut Forensics Laboratory, trace a headlight fragment found at the scene to the manufacturing company in Mexico. They learn that the part had come from either a Nissan Armada SUV or a Nissan Titan pickup truck made between 2004 and 2006. Police alert Nissan dealerships and auto glass repairs shops within a 50-mile radius of the campus.
Jan. 26, 2007
UConn police alert law enforcement databases nationwide that they are looking for a Nissan truck or SUV. Eight hours later, New York attorney Ray Perini contacts police saying that the vehicle belongs to his clients, Anthony and Donna Alvino. Police find a green fiber attached to the vehicle that matches the clothes Wines was wearing on the night she was hit. They find out the name of the Alvinos' son. Using Facebook, investigators link Alvino to a UConn student, Hall, who is listed as Alvino's girlfriend. Also using Facebook, police determine that UConn student Kristen Schmitt and Hall are friends. Schmitt was with Hall on Jan. 19 and says that around 9 p.m. the group and others were drinking Dubra vodka in Hall's room. Afterwards, Alvino drove to another party in Carriage House 14C. There, the group was provided with free beer without being identified by the apartment's residents as 21-years old.
Feb. 13, 2007
An arrest warrant affidavit is issued for Anthony P. Alvino. He is charged with misconduct with a motor vehicle, evading responsibility, tampering with physical evidence, possession of alcohol by a minor, traveling unreasonably fast, failure to grant right of way to a pedestrian and failure to drive in the proper lane.
Feb. 15, 2007
Alvino surrenders himself at UConn police headquarters in Storrs. Hall turns herself in at the same time. She is charged with aiding and abetting evading responsibility, conspiracy to commit evading responsibility, hindering prosecution in the third degree, aiding and abetting identity theft in the third degree, inducing minors to procure liquor, aiding and abetting misrepresentation of age to procure liquor and conspiracy to commit misrepresentation of age to procure liquor.
Summer 2007
Pamela Wines, Carlee Wines' mother, files a civil suit against Anthony P. Alvino and Donna Alvino in Rockville Superior court, alleging that "negligence and carelessness" on his part caused "the collision, and the personal injuries, losses and death sustained and suffered" by her daughter.
July 27, 2007
Kara Satalin, who bought alcohol for Alvino and Hall, is given a special form of probation at Rockville Superior Court. As part of the accelerated rehabilitation probation program, Satalin is ordered to perform community service, give $25 monthly to a Carlee Wines memorial scholarship fund and meet other criteria.
Oct. 26, 2007
Alvino pleads no contest to charges of misconduct with a motor vehicle and evading responsibility.**
Nov. 13 2007
Alvino's parents, Anthony C. Alvino, 45, and Donna M. Alvino, 46, of Lindenhurst N.Y. are arraigned in Olean City Court, N.Y. on a felony charge of tampering with physical evidence and misdemeanor counts of third-degree hindering prosecution, fourth-degree tampering with a witness and fifth degree conspiracy. The Alvinos plead not guilty to the charges and are released on their own recognizance.
Dec. 18, 2007
Ken Rusterholz is granted accelerated rehabilitation for after taking a plea agreement related to his involvement hosting a party at Carriage House the night Wines was hit.*** Rusterholz applied for the accelerated rehabilitation, which allows for the possibility of having the charges against him dismissed. He will be on probation for two years. Wines's parents did not oppose Rusterholz's application. Matt Gallo, who hosted the party with Rusterholz, is still waiting for his case to be heard at Rockville Superior Court.
Jan. 23, 2008
Anthony Alvino is sentenced to 37 months in prison for charges of misconduct with a motor vehicle and evading responsibility.
February 2008
Donna and the Anthony C. Alvino are scheduled to appear in court.
- Compiled by Kate King.
Contact Kate King at Katherine.King@UConn.edu.
*The original version of this article listed the date of Alvino's depature as Jan. 21. This is incorrect, it was actually Jan. 20. We regret the error.
**The original version of this article stated that Alvino pled to all of the original charges against him. This is incorrect. We regret the error.
***The original version of this article stated that Ken Rusterholz served alcohol to Anthony Alvino at a party in Carriage house. This is incorrect. We regret the error.
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