A crane operator from Long Island, New York, pled guilty on Tuesday to killing the wife of Racing Hall of Fame jockey Angel Cordero Jr. in a hit-and-run accident on the night of January 22, 2001.

Robert Mikols, 63, admitted to striking Marjorie Cordero from behind with his car and leaving the scene. Cordero, a former jockey and trainer who had been working as a jockey's agent, was walking south on Glen Cove Road in Greenvale after a night of drinking and fighting with her family, the New York Post reports. Mikols surrendered to police three months later, after a piece of his vehicle was found at the site of the accident.

Mikols was facing the possibility of up to four years in prison if convicted, but Nassau County Judge Ira Wexner said he would receive just six months behind bars and five years probation when sentenced November 20.