GREENFIELD — The Greenfield man who last month pleaded guilty to five charges related to striking two women with his truck in 2024 before fleeing the scene will spend at least one year in the Franklin County Jail and House of Correction for his actions.
Vladimir Sinigur, 57, will also have to pay $1,000 each in restitution to victims Jane Perry and Faine Furstenfeld, and will be on probation for five years once he leaves incarceration. He will be released after 12 months but will have to serve an additional 18 months if he reoffends.
Sinigur pleaded guilty in Franklin County Superior Court on March 18 to two counts of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, and single counts of leaving the scene of personal injury, leaving the scene of property damage and negligent operation of a motor vehicle. He was taken into custody after his sentencing on Tuesday.
Defense attorney Neil Smith explained that he and Tom Robinson of the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office agreed on the $1,000 in restitution to each victim. He told Judge Jeremy Bucci that his client had been released on $1,000 bail and he was willing to sign any paperwork directing $500 of that money to each of the victims as his first installment. Defendants get bail money returned to them if they appear at all required court hearings.
Sinigur will also pay each victim $50 a month until the restitution is fully paid.
The Greenfield Police Department arrested Sinigur in October 2024, the same month he struck Perry and Furstenfeld with a gray Toyota Tundra pickup truck near the intersection of Country Club Road and Brookside Avenue. Using surveillance photos and nearby security camera footage, authorities identified Sinigur and the truck on Deerfield Street.
In court on March 18, both victims detailed physical and cognitive impairments resulting from the hit-and-run.
“My life’s been changed, I have had unbelievable medical bills; I still have a lot of problems with my leg. It will never get better as a result of what I went through. During the healing, my rotator cuff was torn. That will never get better either, because I have to use my arm,” Perry said. Remembering the hit-and-run, Perry added, “Why did he turn into us and not around us? I still cannot understand that. Where was his mind at that point?”
Furstenfeld reported permanent brain damage.
“What happened that day has ruined my entire life,” she said. “I am suffering every minute of my life. Since Oct. 18, 2024, my life has been nothing but deteriorating on every level. … I pray that I will make it through this.”
