Woman Pleading Guilty To Hijacking Cruiser
The WMURChannel News
Found on 03/14/03


Manchester, NH -- A woman who led police on a chase in a stolen cruiser 
in Wilton NH is pleading guilty to several charges.

Donna Calvert, 42, was a Hillsborough County jail inmate two years ago 
when she allegedly pretended to get sick in a sheriff deputy's car then 
stole the car when he pulled over and got out to help her.

The chase ended when she crashed in four other cars and a snow bank in 
Amherst, NH.

Calvert was supposed to go to trial next week, but instead, plans to plead 
guilty Monday to assault, reckless conduct and drunken driving. The plea 
bargain calls for her to spend seven to 14 years in prison, but her lawyers 
are expected to ask for a shorter sentence.

Had the case gone to trial, Calvert planned to argue that she was having 
a severe panic attack at the time.


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