"The allegation that Ms. Hughes recorded an openly audible conversation in GOP Party headquarters with her cell phone is an absurd basis for a felony prosecution," an attorney for Virginia Beach GOP Chair Laura Hughes said in a statement.
Laura K. Hughes, an attorney and former Virginia Beach School Board member, was indicted Monday by a Virginia Beach grand jury, according to online court records.
Laura Hughes, an attorney who's also a former Virginia Beach school board member and the current chair of the Republican Party of Virginia Beach, was indicted on the charge this week.
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Prosecutors say Nathan Poole was high on marijuana when he drove into a crosswalk and struck the two women. Cases in which drivers are charged with killing someone while high on marijuana are rare and can be challenging to prove because there's no legal standard for how much marijuana is too much for driving.