Overview
- The defendant, who was arraigned Friday after a 23-count indictment was unsealed, pleaded not guilty and was ordered held without bond.
- If convicted on the vehicular homicide, manslaughter, assault, DWI, and related charges, she faces up to 25 years in prison, with a May 20 court date set.
- Prosecutors say testing showed a .15 blood-alcohol level and crash data placed her speed at 81 mph in a 55-mph zone on a curve.
- Investigators say her SUV sideswiped a car, crossed the median into the wrong lanes, and triggered a six-vehicle crash that involved 10 people and killed Donald Maxwell, 82, and Liscent “Barbara” Maxwell, 88.
- State Police launched Operation Southern Shield to target speeding, impaired, aggressive, and distracted driving on the Southern State Parkway through June 12.