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THE WOMAN ACCUSED OF SELLING BEER IN ONE OF THE STATE'S WORST DWI CRASHES...... HAS JUST BEEN IN ...  More »

THE WOMAN ACCUSED OF SELLING BEER IN ONE OF THE STATE'S WORST DWI CRASHES...... HAS JUST BEEN IN A DWI CRASH OF HER OWN. AND NOW JUST A MONTH LATER, SHE'S ALREADY STRUCK A DEAL WITH PROSECUTORS. CRIS ORNELAS IS LIVE AT CENTRAL AND SAN PEDRO WITH TONIGHT'S TOP STORY. THIS IS WHERE 31 YEAR OLD SHANNA LOVATO HIT ANOTHER CAR WHILE DRUNK. LOVATO IS THE WOMAN CHARGED WITH SELLING DANA PAPST BEER JUST BEFORE HE KILLED 5 MEMBERS OF A LAS VEGAS FAMILY. SHE GOT OFF IN THAT CASE BUT SOME ARE WONDERING IF SHE LEARNED HER LESSON. IT'S THE VIDEO PERMANENTLY BURNED INTO THE MEMORY OF MANY NEW MEXICANS. THE AFTERMATH OF A WRONG WAY DWI CRASH NEAR SANTA FE IN NOVEMBER 2006. POLICE SAY DANA PAPST WAS DRUNK TIMES FOUR AT THE TIME. LATER IT WAS LEARNED HE BOUGHT BEER AT THIS BERNALILLO CONVENIENCE STORE JUST BEFORE THE CRASH. SHANNA LOVATO WAS CHARGED WITH SELLING TO AN ALREADY DRUNK PAPST. 2 MONTHS AGO, SHE WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY BECAUSE PROSECUTORS COULDN'T PROVE SHE SOLD IT. 9:00-9:07 'the fact that that man went on to wipe out a family evidently had zero impact on her changing behavior' TODAY LOVATO PLEADED GUILTY TO DWI FOR A CRASH ON SAN PEDRO AND CENTRAL. POLICE SAY LOVATO AND ANOTHER DRUNK DRIVER CRASHED INTO EACH OTHER IN THE WEE HOURS OF APRIL 4TH. THEY SAY SHE HAD OPEN BEER CANS IN THE CAR AND LATER BLEW TWICE THE LEGAL LIMIT. 7:56-8:02 'looking at that bac is a very strong indication she has a problem with alcohol'WE WENT TO LOVATO'S LAST KNOWN ADDRESS THIS EVENING AND TALKED TO A RELATIVE. 13:03-13:10 'you guys need to leave I don't want nothing to do with you guys get out of my house this is my property shanna doesn't live here I don't want you guys around here i'll call the cops' IN HER DWI CRASH... LOVATO WAS ORIGINALLY CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED DWI AND OPEN CONTAINER. BUT TODAY SHE PLEADED DOWN TO DWI 1ST OFFENSE AND WAS RELEASED AFTER SPENDING 43 DAYS IN JAIL. COURT RECORDS SHOW LOVATO COMPLETED AN ALCOHOL TREATMENT PROGRAM WHILE IN JAIL. SHE MUST NOW COMPLETE THE DWI 1ST OFFENDER PROGRAM AND GET AN IGNITION INTERLOCK FOR 1 YEAR. PEOPLE GOT A  « Less