SAGINAW, MI — A Bay City parolee accused of killing a woman in a drunken crash and fleeing the scene has accepted a plea deal for the second time. As a result, she’s staring down more than a two-decade prison sentence.
Bobbi Jo Shively, 45, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, appeared before Saginaw County Circuit Judge Darnell Jackson and pleaded no contest to both charges she faced: failure to stop at an accident resulting in death and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated causing death. Shively also pleaded as a fourth-time habitual offender.
Shively, whose trial was to begin Tuesday, originally pleaded as such in January, with Jackson indicating he would sentence her to 12 years. Jackson in March allowed Shively to withdraw her pleas after her sentencing guidelines were calculated and he signa