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APRIL 17, 2025 Vol. 5, No. 8
B & B COLLISION
Woman, 95, sentenced to home confinement for death of Novi woman A 95-year-old woman has been sentenced to nine months of home confinement for running over a Novi woman with her car, killing her, after a crash last October. Phyllis Stafford was sentenced on April 8 by Judge Diane D’Agostini of the 48th District Court in Bloomfield Town-
ship in front of a full courtroom with support equally divided between the prosecution and the defense. D’Agostini sentenced Stafford to serve 270 days with credit for one day on a tether confined to her mobile home, 24 months reporting probation, and 75 hours of community service at places that deal with seniors and/or teenagers to talk about distracted driving. See SENTENCING on page 10A
FAR LEFT: Chris Thexton and daughter Emma listen to D’Agostini as she sentences Stafford for killing their wife and mother, respectively. Photos by Patricia O’Blenes
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NEAR LEFT: Phyllis Stafford, 95, of Milford, looks toward Judge Diane D’Agostini, of the 48th District Court in Bloomfield Township, as D’Agostini sentences her April 8 to nine months of home confinement for a car crash last October that resulted in Stafford running over and killing Sarah Thexton, of Novi.
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