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Woman pleads guilty in shooting
KATHERINE HODGES for Web
Katherine Lynn Hodges - photo by Special
A woman charged with killing her daughter’s boyfriend pled guilty Thursday to aggravated assault and was sentenced to a total of 25 years in prison.Katherine Lynn Hodges, 37, Macedonia Road, was sentenced to 15 years for the aggravated assault charge, with 10 years to serve, said Ogeechee Judicial Circuit Assistant District Attorney Michael Muldrew.For a charge of giving false statements, Bulloch County Superior Court Judge Gates Peed sentenced her to five years to serve, and another five years to serve for threatening a witness, he said.Hodges’ daughter, Kendra McDaniel, 22, Keith Road, Guyton, pled guilty earlier this year to manslaughter. Peed sentenced her to 20 years in prison — 15 years to serve and five years on probation, Muldrew said.McDaniel was originally charged with murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm by a first offender, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, terroristic threats, and giving a false statement. As part of a plea bargain she admitted guilt to the lesser charge, he said.Hodges had asked for a jury trial, but when she appeared Thursday she accepted a plea agreement, he said.
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