Virginia: fatal DUI plea sends Lori Lynn Shipe to prison for seven years for killing Judith Ann Meyer

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Lori Lynn Shipe: she killed Judith Ann Meyer and also killed Meyer’s dog.

From Fauquier Now
A Warrenton woman will spend seven years in prison for manslaughter in a drunken driving accident she caused last summer in Prince William County.

Lori Lynn Shipe, 53, pleaded guilty April 9, according to court records.

On Monday, a Prince William circuit court judge imposed the sentence for DUI-manslaughter and maiming while driving intoxicated. The judge suspended more than half of Ms. Shipe’s sentence of 20 years, 10 years for each of the two convictions. She will remain on probation for five years after release.

Judith Ann Meyer, 57, of Powhatan, died in the wreck Ms. Shipe caused Saturday night, June 9, 2012 ….MORE