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RACINE - A Racine County woman
has pleaded guilty to a charge stemming from a drunken
hit-and-run that killed a bicyclist.
Forty-four-year-old Janell D.
Gehrke of Franksville pleaded guilty Tuesday to homicide by
intoxicated use of a vehicle. In return prosecutors
dismissed five other charges.
She faces up to 25 years in
prison when she's sentenced June 7.
Prosecutors say Gehrke was
driving home in the summer of 2008 after drinking with a
friend. They say she struck and killed Nancy Sellars and
critically injured a second bicyclist.
Gehrke told authorities she
had taken medication for attention-deficit disorder and had
"a few beers."
A message left with Gehrke's
defense attorney after hours Tuesday was not immediately
returned.
Gehrke remains free on bail.
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