LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A northeast Kansas woman has been sentenced to eight years and four months in prison for arranging the shooting of her ex-boyfriend on a highway south of Lawrence.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Brittany Nicole Smith was sentenced Friday in Douglas County for conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. The victim, 24-year-old Skylar Workman, survived after being shot May 26 on U.S. 59.
Smith, who pleaded guilty in October, also was sentenced to six months in jail for driving under the influence and was ordered to pay more than $120,000 in restitution to Workman for medical expenses.
Authorities say she persuaded 25-year-old Edward Joseph Parker to shoot Workman.
Parker pleaded no contest in a separate hearing Friday to attempted second-degree murder. He will be sentenced Feb. 20.