Overview
- Lisa Adrienne Lea told a Baltimore County judge she will accept a plea at a Nov. 4 hearing to resolve six counts of negligent vehicular manslaughter.
- Under the deal, she would receive 10-year terms with all but four years suspended on each count, followed by three years of probation with a prohibition on driving.
- The National Transportation Safety Board concluded excessive speed was the primary cause, with both drivers topping 120 mph seconds before the crash and toxicology showing THC and a possibly impairing medication in Lea’s system.
- Lea’s attorneys say she was not previously informed of the offer, while prosecutors maintain the same terms were placed on the record in 2023.
- The other driver, Melachi Duane Darnell Brown, earlier pleaded guilty in a separate case, with reporting describing a sentence that included local jail time and home detention, as civil lawsuits from victims’ families continue.