Overview
- DeAujalae Evans pleaded guilty Thursday, moving the case into a jury sentencing phase in Tarrant County.
- She admitted to intoxication manslaughter and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and the intoxication charge carries a 20-year maximum.
- Investigators say she drove the wrong way through an I-35W crash scene in August 2024 and struck Sgt. Billy Randolph as he worked that earlier wreck.
- Police reported she continued about a quarter mile after the impact, tried to run, failed sobriety tests, and later told detectives she had about 10 shots of liquor.
- Court proceedings began without cameras, and officers offered emotional testimony as jurors weigh punishment, with Fort Worth’s police leadership present in support of Randolph’s family.