SAGINAW, MI — The wife of Michigan State Police Trooper Joel E. Popp wept as she related the devastation she’s endured since her husband was killed in the line of duty 18 months prior. Standing silently nearby, the woman who set off the chain of events culminating in Popp’s death offered no apologies to the bereaved widow, due to her discomfort with public speaking.

Brooke L. Allen, 33, on Monday, Aug. 11, appeared before Saginaw County Circuit Judge Manvel Trice III for sentencing. A jury in June deliberated for about an hour before finding Allen guilty of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated but exonerated her on a 15-year felony count of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated causing death.

“While Brooke Allen didn’t physically kill Joel with her hands, her actions put Joe

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