From Tribune staff reports
TRUSSVILLE — A Trussville woman who was originally charged with reckless manslaughter after striking and killing a man sitting in the roadway in 2021, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor criminally negligent homicide on Monday, according to court records.
Lindsay Sara Bland, 33, of Trussville, was accused of striking and killing 29-year-old Enrique Edward Millan, Jr., with her vehicle while he was in the roadway on August 1, 2021.
“Deputies arrived on scene to find a 29-year-old male, who had been struck by a gray Honda Civic and had died from his injuries,” Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Joni Money said following the incident. “During the investigation, it was discovered that the driver of the Civic was legally intoxicated.”
After reviewing the circumstances surrounding the death of Millan, a warrant was issued reckless manslaughter on Oct. 7, 2021. Bland’s bond was set at $30,000 and was booked into the Jefferson County Jail at that time.
On Monday, in a plea agreement with prosecutors, Bland entered a guilty plea to criminally negligent homicide, records show.
She was sentenced to one year in the county jail, which was suspended, and two years of unsupervised probation.