Fresno liquor store clerks seeks mental health diversion as mother grieves daughter's death

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Four years aft the decease of Lilyana Romero, her parent is inactive pushing for justice...

"She would person been 20 this year," Dalia Martinez told Action News.

Lily was a rider successful a tiny car erstwhile it crashed adjacent Hoover High School.

Investigators judge the young operator was nether the power aft buying intoxicant from University Deli Liquor and accidental Hassan Mian was the clerk that night.

"No genitor should person to hide their kid due to the fact that of the actions of idiosyncratic who was expected to beryllium trained," Martinez said. "You cheque IDs and you treble cheque the pictures (to ensure) it matches, and if they're underage, you accidental no."

Mian is retired connected bail aft pleading not blameworthy to 4 misdemeanors, including 3 counts of selling intoxicant to a minor.

"The clerk is warring his charges by trying to get them dismissed nether a diversion program," Martinez said.

Lily's household has been done this before. Just past year, Action News was determination arsenic Mian pushed for a antithetic diversion program.

The justice rejected it and sent the lawsuit to trial. But successful January, Mian began seeking a intelligence wellness diversion.

"I consciousness it's inappropriate successful this lawsuit due to the fact that helium didn't conscionable bash this 1 time. He did it 3 times," Martinez said astir Mian's alleged crimes. "To assertion intelligence wellness doesn't look close to me."

Action News could not grounds Mian successful tribunal pursuing objections from defence lawyer Robert Troncoso.

Troncoso did not respond to a petition for comment.

"It conscionable seems similar he's jumping astir trying to get retired of it," Martinez said astir the clerk.

The justice delayed Friday's proceeding by much than a month, mounting it for the extremity of October erstwhile she could determine whether the lawsuit would extremity with diversion oregon caput to trial, wherever Mian could look up to six months successful jailhouse if convicted.

"It doesn't substance however agelong it takes. As agelong arsenic I tin get justness for her," Martinez said. "Everybody needs to beryllium held accountable."

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