A Hopkinsville woman was sentenced to nine years in prison Wednesday in Christian County Circuit Court on charges stemming from an incident last August where she drove her car into her ex-boyfriend’s house.
54-year-old Betty Ware was given the sentence by Judge Andrew Self. Ware was arrested by Hopkinsville Police last August following a disturbance at a Brame Street residence she had been warned to stay away from. When asked by police to get out of her car, she accelerated into the home. She then backed away from the home, nearly struck a police officer, and hit a police cruiser with her vehicle.
Ware pled guilty to charges of criminal mischief, stalking, wanton endangerment, fleeing police, DUI, and two counts of third-degree assault.
Public defender Munroe Graham requested probation instead of jail time for Ware.
click to download audioAfter hearing the commonwealth’s opposition to probation, Judge Self sentenced Ware to nine years in prison but kept the possibility of shock probation on the table.
click to download audioWare will receive credit for 258 days in jail already served and was ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution to the homeowner and the Hopkinsville Police Department.
