A woman from Ionia on the west side of the state has been handed two 35-to-60-year sentences for hitting and killing two Metro Detroiters participating in a charity bike ride.
Mandy Marie Benn, 43, of Ionia, waived her right to a speedy trial during a hearing Tuesday, May 30, in Ionia County Eighth Circuit Court before Judge Ronald Schafer, due to a change in counsel.
In court Thursday, prosecutors played audio clips that Benn allegedly recorded in the minutes leading up to the crash, sending them to a Facebook group chat she was in.