Another Family Speaks Out [Video]

Richard Grossi died six weeks after a collision with a woman who told police she was driving without a license, and that the crash was her fault, according to a police statement filed in court.

The woman — Maria Tavares Leite — was deported to Portugal by federal immigration officials in 2010, before she was tried in Massachusetts on a charge of motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation, and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, according to records.

The crash was reported at Fruit Street and South Main Street in Milford, where police say, Tavares Leite ran through a stop sign and struck Grossi's vehicle broadside.

The deportation came before Tavares Leite served a day in jail, said Maureen Laquerre, Richard Grossi's sister. For about six months prior, court records show, Tavares Leite had been released on bail on the charges under condition of house arrest. Before her deportation, she had been scheduled for a trial in Worcester in August 2010, according to court records.

"She and her family got a free ride," said Laquerre, who attended a Wednesday, carrying a sign with a photograph of her brother, and the date of his death: Oct. 21, 2009.

Among the estimated 200 people who attended the protest, and then listened as Ecuadorian officials spoke with Milford Selectmen, Laquerre was one of two who was given an opportunity to speak.

She told the Ecuadorian officials there were two standards of justice: one for Americans who break the law and another for illegal immigrants, who can be deported back to their home countries without serving a sentence.

Laquerre attended the protest, and the meeting, she said, to support the family of a 23-year-old motorcyclist struck and killed on Aug. 20, and "to see that the same thing doesn't happen."

Matthew Denice's older brother, Michael, was the only other person besides Laquerre to address the officials.

, who is accused of striking Matthew Denice with a vehicle, then dragging him for a quarter-mile, has been charged with motor vehicle homicide, driving under the influence of liquor, and several other offenses. Milford police say he told them he is living in the U.S. illegally. Guaman is scheduled for a pretrial hearing in October.

Tavares Leite, should she return to the U.S., would be subject to a default warrant on the outstanding charges, which was signed by District Judge Andrew D'Angelo on Aug. 13, 2010, according to court records.