ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Monday, January 20, 1997 TAG: 9701200059
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: HAMPTON
SOURCE: Associated Press
A judge has sentenced a Seaford woman to 52 weekends in jail for slamming her car into a van carrying young wrestlers last April.
Vickie Jo Smith pleaded guilty in November to driving under the influence, a misdemeanor that carries up to a year in jail. Court testimony showed her blood-alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit.
Eight of the wrestlers were injured in the crash.
Circuit Judge Christopher Hutton sentenced Smith to 12 months in jail but suspended that sentence and imposed the weekend jail time. She is to report to jail on Fridays at 8 p.m. and remain until 8 a.m. on Mondays. She will begin serving her sentence March 7.
Smith, 36, also was ordered to perform 1,000 hours of community service, had her driver's license revoked for a year and was ordered to send a $25 donation to the Hampton Jaguar Wrestling Club for each of the next 15 years.
Hutton also fined Smith $2,500, but suspended the fine.
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