Professional bare-knuckle fighter charged in hit-and-run death of Michigan man
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GRAYLING, Mich. - A woman who competes as a bare-knuckle fighter has been charged in the hit-and-run death of a Michigan man.
Sheena Starr Brandenburg is accused of striking a motorcycle driven by Troy Lambert, shortly after they left a bar in Crawford County last August. Police said she didn’t stop to assist the 56-year-old Grayling man, who died from his injuries.
Brandenburg, 37, of Gaylord, Michigan, was recently arrested in Elsberry, Missouri, and extradited to Michigan. She’s charged with two crimes, including reckless driving causing death. Bond was set Monday at $250,000.
Bare-knuckle fighter charged in Michigan motorcycle death
March 11, 2021
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GRAYLING, Mich. (AP) A woman who competes as a bare-knuckle fighter has been charged in the hit-and-run death of a Michigan man.
Sheena “Starr” Brandenburg is accused of striking a motorcycle driven by Troy Lambert, shortly after they left a bar in Crawford County last August. Police said she didn t stop to assist the 56-year-old Grayling man, who died from his injuries.
Brandenburg, 37, of Gaylord, Michigan, was recently arrested in Elsberry, Missouri, and extradited to Michigan. She s charged with two crimes, including reckless driving causing death. Bond was set Monday at $250,000.
Woman arrested in Missouri in fatal 2020 Michigan hit-and-run
Seven months after a hit-and-run crash in northern Michigan killed a 56-year-old man from Grayling, a Missouri woman has been extradited from Missouri and is jailed as she faces charges.
On Aug. 1, Troy Lambert of Grayling left a Crawford County bar on his motorcycle, Michigan State Police said.
It was about 1 a.m. when Lambert crashed on Lovells Road, near County Road 612, in Lovells Township. Police initially thought it was a single-vehicle crash.
But investigators soon came to believe two vehicles were involved and one had left the scene.
Medics took Lambert to Munson hospital in Traverse City. He died there from his injuries.
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