Former Springfield City Councilor Victoria Doyle has been sentenced to three years of probation and 14 days in jail following a road-rage incident earlier this year.

Doyle pleaded guilty to one count of Unlawful Use of a Weapon, after brandishing a pistol following a dispute in a Walmart parking lot on Aug. 16.

According to a police affidavit, Doyle admitted to driving behind the other vehicle while pointing a gun at it, in order to scare the people inside.

In court filings, her lawyer argued recent changes to her medications likely contributed to her behavior. Her husband, Mark Doyle, wrote that he noticed changes in her mood before the incident, as “she said she felt like a pressure cooker, and something had to give.”

The incident happened just weeks after Doyle announced she was re

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