One of the three siblings accused in a multi-state crime spree is scheduled to enter a plea deal in court on Thursday.
Prosecutors and Lee Grace Dougherty, 29, are scheduled to present a plea
deal to Judge Claude Appel during a hearing, spokesman Rob McCallum
said.
Prosecutors and her attorney aren't commenting, citing a judge imposed
gag order. Prosecutors last week dropped attempted-murder charges
against her and instead charged her with eight felony first-degree
assault and menacing charges. Each charge corresponds to an officer
involved in a high-speed chase Aug. 10 in southern Colorado.
Dougherty and her two brothers — Ryan Dougherty, 21, and Dylan
Stanley-Dougherty, 26 — are accused of shooting at a police officer in
Florida, as well as robbing a Georgia bank before being captured in
southern Colorado on Aug. 10.
There's no word yet on whether the brothers have also reached plea
deals. Colorado, federal and Florida prosecutors have been discussing
possible plea deals involving them.
Attorneys for the siblings have questioned whether prosecutors' evidence
could prove that the siblings were trying to harm or kill officers,
pointing to an apparent lack of bullet holes on police cruisers involved
in the chase.
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