A Salvadoran migrant was convicted of killing a bicyclist in a boozed-up Long Island crash — but he was deported by the federal government before he faced sentencing.
Wilfredo Blanco Molina, 41, faced up to 12 years behind bars but was booted back to El Salvador in December, Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said.
Donnelly, a Republican, said she was “disappointed” he never did his time behind bars in prison.
“Any defendant convicted of such heinous crimes, like those committed by Wilfredo Blanco Molina when he drove intoxicated and high, struck and killed a man, and fled, should be made to serve out their court-ordered prison sentence,” a spokesperson for Donnelly told The Post.
“As with all prosecutions, the Nassau County DA made every effort to ensure that this defendant would answer for his crimes in court. We are disappointed that despite those efforts, this defendant was not produced to accept his punishment and finally be held accountable for taking Robert McCarthy’s life.”
Molina was allegedly drunk and hopped up on cocaine when he ran over Robert McCarthy, 69, in Westbury on Oct. 27, 2024 and then sped away and left the victim to die, the DA’s office said. He pleaded guilty on Sept. 30, 2025.
The convict, who came to the US under legal protected status in the 1990s, was due to be sentenced on Jan. 4, officials said.
Molina’s own defense attorney said a Nassau County policy under County Executive Bruce Blakeman that fosters collaboration between federal immigration officials and local police was “depriving victims of justice” if it meant convicted criminals getting deported before sentencing.
“The way that the policy is being implemented, it’s preventing justice — and we’re starting to see these types of outcomes more and more,” lawyer Christopher Graziano said.
Molina’s temporary protected status was canceled after his conviction, his attorneys confirmed.
It was unclear if Molina was in custody in his native country.
Donnelly’s office is exploring options to try to get the convicted killer back into Nassau’s custody to “ensure that [Molina] faces true justice,” calling his crimes “horrific.”
