CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - A judge has sentenced an Illinois woman to 15 years in prison on charges stemming from a high-speed police chase that ended with a crash killing a 13-year-old northwestern Indiana girl.
The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports 28-year-old Jessica S. Pichon, 28, of Danville, Illinois, learned her sentence Wednesday after pleading guilty to two counts of resisting law enforcement.
The pursuit began after Pichon stole a case of beer from an East Chicago supermarket last Feb. 15. Her boyfriend, 32-year-old Donnell Howard Jr. of Highland, led police on a chase that ended when his car collided with another vehicle in Hammond, killing Julianna Chambers and seriously injuring her grandmother.
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Howard also was sentenced to 15 years on the same charges Jan. 11.
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Information from: The Times, http://www.nwitimes.com
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