LAPLACE, La. (AP) - A LaPlace woman, drunk when she caused a car wreck that killed three people in Norco, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. One of the victims was a pregnant woman.
State District Judge Emile St. Pierre handed down the sentence Thursday for 42-year-old Jennifer Englade, who pleaded guilty to three counts of vehicular manslaughter and one count of third-degree feticide. The first five years of the sentence are to be served without the benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence.
NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reports (http://bit.ly/1DzsBA7 ) Englade, however, is being credited for her time in custody since her June 11, 2013 arrest so she will be eligible for clemency in 2018.
According to the Advocate, after the wreck, St. Charles Parish sheriff's deputies found several broken beer bottles in Englade's car, and noticed that she "had a very strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on her breath," according to an arrest report. The Advocate reported that toxicology reports showed that her blood-alcohol level was .15, twice the legal limit for driving. It also turned up amphetamine and cocaine in her system at the time of the accident.
As part of the sentence, St. Pierre on Thursday ordered Englade, who had already been arrested on multiple occasions for driving under the influence, to undergo substance abuse treatment while incarcerated.
St. Pierre also ordered Englade to receive substance abuse treatment while in prison. She had previous DWI arrests.
