An East Toledo woman pleaded guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter and admitted responsibility for a February crash that killed two people.
Jasmine Pitts, 34, of the 400 block of Clark Street, pleaded guilty Tuesday morning in Lucas County Common Pleas Court. She also pleaded guilty to one count of felonious assault and one count of failure to stop.
The plea finds Pitts responsible for the February car crash that killed Donta Marshall, 25, and Jasmine Gresham, 30.
Around 5 a.m. on Feb. 25, Pitts rammed her car into a vehicle containing Mr. Marshall, Ms. Gresham, and Makala Jackson, 24, forcing the car into a utility pole. All three passengers were taken to Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center, where Mr. Marshall and Ms. Gresham were pronounced dead.
The crash took place in South Toledo, near South Avenue and Cordova Street. Toledo police said Pitts was dating Ms. Gresham at the time, and that the two were in an argument at the time of the crash.
Police arrested Pitts in Washtenaw County, Michigan, the following day and charged her with two counts of murder and three counts of felonious assault.
On March 5, a Lucas County grand jury indicted Pitts for six felonious assault charges, two aggravated vehicular homicide charges, an aggravated vehicular assault charge, and a failure to stop after an accident charge. The grand jury did not indict her on the two murder counts filed by police.
Under the plea deal, Pitts withdrew her previous not-guilty plea; in return, the state reduced the aggravated vehicular homicides to involuntary manslaughter, and dropped the other charges beside one felonious assault and one failure to stop.
For the four standing charges — two first-degree felonies, one second-degree felony, and one third-degree felony — Pitts faces a minimum of 33 and maximum of 38.5 years, along with fines up to $65,000 and a class 5 mandatory license suspension of six months to three years, Judge Lori L. Olender said.
Pitts’ sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 25 at 9 a.m.
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