MONTCALM COUNTY, Mich. — The woman who pleaded no contest in a Greenville hit-and-run that left one teen dead and two others hurt was sentenced to a maximum of 30 years in prison Tuesday.
The crash happened Aug. 8, killing 14-year-old Jamison Lafferty.
During her arraignment on Aug. 11, Brandy Jones said she wasn’t aware she had hit anyone until seeing the crash on the news a day later. She pleaded no contest to failing to stop after a crash causing death and two counts of failing to stop after a crash dealing serious injury.
Jones was charged as a habitual offender, resulting in the possible maximum sentence of 30 years behind bars.
Families delivered tearful impact statements at the hearing.
“I as a mom was left wondering who would leave my baby lying there to suffer?” Jamison's mother said. She later told Jones she hopes her sentence proves to be "transformative."
“The days go on, but the pain never stops," Justin Lafferty, Jamison's father, said. "The grief is constant. And the pain is relentless.”
Jones tearfully apologized for her actions, insisting she's "not a monster."
“If I would have known I hurt someone, I would have stopped,” Jones said. “I’m so sorry."
Watch the full hearing below:
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