By JJ Bowman
Associate Editor
For her involvement in a February hit-and-run accident, a Pepperdine student was sentenced over the summer to 30 days in jail and 250 hours of community service, as well as five years of probation, a one-year license suspension and payment of $50,000 to the woman she struck with her vehicle.
Then-senior Leah Wright pleaded guilty to two felony counts: a hit and run causing injury and driving under the influence causing bodily injury. The victim, Renea Lacy, suffered multiple broken bones as she was struck by the side mirror of Wright’s SUV on the Pacific Coast Highway. Wright and another student, Robert Campbell, were pulled over less than 30 minutes later, Detective Hugh Wahler of the Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station said. Wright was arrested and charged with three felony counts, while Campbell had no charges pending against him, he said.
According to court records, Wright pled no contest to the first two counts, and the court dropped the third — causing injury while having a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit.
Wright is serving her sentence at the Santa Ana Detention Facility in Santa Ana.
Included in the terms of her probation, Wright must not drink or possess any alcoholic beverage and stay out of places where they are the chief item of sale. She must also attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and is subject to alcohol and drug tests. She is also subject to having her property or her person searched at any time by any law enforcement officer or by a probation officer, with or without a warrant.
September 18, 2003