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January 16, 2015
To her family, 16-year-old Zaria Estes is a “considerate and caring” girl who likes tuna fish and dancing and doesn’t always keep her room clean.
But to Abbey Luffey’s family, Estes is the cold and calculating monster who attacked Luffey, a Temple University student, last March as Luffey walked with her boyfriend on the edge of campus. As she and her friends hunted prey for their sadistic game of “knock a bitch down,” Estes bashed Luffey in the face with a brick, leaving her with a broken jaw, palate and teeth – and a shattered sense of security.
Such dueling views of Estes prompted Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Erdos to acknowledge Wednesday the “difficult and delicate” balance required in deciding what punishment Estes should face for the unprovoked March 21 attack at 17th and Norris streets.
After a three-hour hearing, Erdos ordered Estes to serve two-and-a-half to six years in a state prison, followed by four years of probation for aggravated assault, conspiracy and possession of an instrument of crime. The sentence fell between the house arrest defense attorney Bill Davis had sought and the five- to 10-year sentence Assistant District Attorney Paul Goldman wanted
While Erdos agreed Estes’ young age invited leniency so she could be rehabilitated, he said the gravity of her “hideous” crime and its impact on both Luffey and the community overall demanded a tough penalty.
“This vicious act has damaged our entire city,” Erdos said. “Every time there is a random act of violence, it makes us that much less secure, that much less proud of our City of Brotherly Love.”
Davis immediately asked the judge to postpone the sentence until he appealed another judge’s earlier decision to keep Estes in adult court. Erdos denied that request.
