ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) " An Ohio attorney who blamed a non-existent black man for a car accident to avoid facing drunken driving charges has been sentenced to 10 days in jail. Twenty-seven-year-old Heather Wilsey, of Elyria (eh-LEER'-ee-uh), was sentenced in municipal court there after pleading no contest to obstruction of official business and failure to control. Wilsey, who is white, had told investigators that a black man she'd met in a bar was driving her car when it crashed into a utility pole in June and he fled. Police found surveillance video showing Wilsey driving away from the bar before the accident. Another attorney who was in her car that night also received 10 days in jail.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 15, 2016 14:53 UTC