Hamilton woman faces possible 78-month sentence today after guilty plea in crash

Harvey, driving under the influence, injured two high school girls.

A Hamilton woman charged in May after a crash that injured two Edgewood students will be sentenced today in Butler County Common Pleas Court after pleading guilty in January.

Samantha Harvey, 52, of the 600 block of Woodlawn Avenue, was charged with two counts of aggravated vehicular assault, two counts of vehicular assault and misdemeanor charges of driving a vehicle under the influence and driving a vehicle under the influence of marijuana for the crash that happened about 3 a.m. on May 6 near Ohio 4 and Symmes Road in Fairfield.

Then-Edgewood sophomore Savannah Schlueter, 16, who was driving, and then-junior Caila Nagel, 17, were seriously injured, according to school district officials.

Harvey pleaded guilty to one count each of aggravated vehicular assault and vehicular assault, both felonies. She faces a maximum of 78 months in prison.

Assistant Butler County Prosecutor Kraig Chadrick noted in a sentencing recommendation that Harvey, who has been free on her own recognizance bond, has a significant criminal past,

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