1/25/13 - A Northfield Township woman has entered a plea in connection with an incident last summer when authorities say she hit a Green Oak Township officer with her vehicle. 26-year-old Rebecca Lee Ball pleaded no contest today to two counts of felonious assault in Livingston County Circuit Court. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to recommend a personal recognizance bond and that she receive no further jail time when she is sentenced February 28th. A no contest plea is not a legal admission of guilt, but is treated as one at sentencing. Green Oak Police say officers responded to a domestic disturbance during the early morning hours of July 4th at a residence in the area of Eastshore Drive and McNally Road. They arrived to discover roughly 25 young adults, many of whom had been drinking. After being told that the woman involved in the dispute was attempting to leave, a 2002 Chrysler Sebring driven by Ball drove towards two officers, narrowly missing the first and then hitting the second in his upper right thigh. Neither officer required medical attention but Police say Ball fled the scene and abandoned her car in an apartment complex. She was apprehended roughly four hours later after a State Police K-9 tracked her in a wooded area off of 7 Mile Road in Northfield Township. (JM)
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