4/11/14 - A Brighton woman charged with running over and injuring her former boyfriend has been sentenced. 51-year-old Tamara Smith had was originally charged with operating under the influence causing incapacitating injuries and failing to stop after an accident with serious injuries for the incident last year. But in a plea deal with prosecutors, those charges were reduced to operating under the influence and failing to stop at an accident. At her sentencing Thursday, Smith was given a 83 days jail sentence for the first count and 109 days on the second, but also given credit for that time already served. The charges were filed after police say Smith ran over her ex-boyfriend with her vehicle after he broke up with her in September of 2012. He said Smith kicked him afterwards and then went inside to get a drink before driving away. The boyfriend, who was found by neighbors, suffered a back fracture. While Smith wonât be heading back to jail in the case, she was also ordered to serve two years of probation and to pay $560 in restitution. (JK)
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