ShorelinesShorelinesWestport eastbayri.com THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2014 VOL. 20, NO. 29 $.75 White pleads Sisson gets probation guilty to motor vehicle homicide Ran over companion on Old Bedford Road BY BRUCE BURDETT
[email protected] A Westport woman will spend three years and a day in state prison after pleading guilty in Fall River Superior Court Mon- day to running over and killing a man in Westport on April 23, 2012. Hazel Teague White, 48, of 8 Williams St., W estport, accepted a plea deal on a charge of felony motor vehicle homi- RICHARD W. DIONNE JR. cide, driving Jack Sisson confers with his attorney, Emile Morad, before sentencing Friday morning. under the influence of Hazel Teague alcohol, White involving the Former highway surveyor sentenced for tractor heist death of John Monsam, 67, of Sutton, Mass. BY BRUCE BURDETT Westport investigators said the
[email protected] two were returning from Twin WESTPORT — Although the River Casino in Rhode Island prosecutor thought jail time was when Mr. Monsam got out of the deserved, former Westport High- car on Old Bedford Road at way Department Surveyor Harold Adirondack Lane at about 4:30 "Jack" Sisson was instead sen- p.m. Moments later the car, dri- tenced Friday to two years of pro- ven by Ms. White, slammed into bation, 40 hours of community him and knocked him to the service and a no-trespass order at ground. the town highway yard. Mr. Monsam suffered a severe That sentence, delivered in Fall head injury and was rushed to River District Court by Judge Rhode Island Hospital.