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Old 01-28-09 | 09:24 PM
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Well, not a slap on the wrist, but . . .

http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/38574897.html

Woman gets four years in death of cyclist
By Ryan Haggerty of the Journal Sentinel
Posted: Jan. 28, 2009 8:20 p.m.

A 41-year-old woman was sentenced to four years in prison today for killing a bicyclist in a hit-and-run crash in Kenosha County in August, according to online court records.

Barbara Lee of Spring Grove, Ill., pleaded guilty in December to one count of hit-and-run involving death, court records show.

Lee was also sentenced to 10 years of extended supervision, and her driver's license was revoked for five years, according to the court records.

Gordon M. Kleifield, 44, of Chicago, was riding west on county Highway C just east of county Highway B near Wilmot about 8:30 p.m. Aug. 16 when he and another bicyclist were hit by a vehicle described as a dark gray, mid- to full-size truck.

Kleifield was flown to Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa, where he died.

The other bicyclist, a 46-year-old man from McHenry, Ill., was treated and released from a Kenosha hospital.

After the crash, the truck continued west on Highway C before turning north on Highway B.

The truck's passenger-side outside mirror was left at the scene.

On Aug. 18, authorities seized a dark gray Jeep Grand Cherokee from the garage of a house in Spring Grove, Ill., after receiving a tip from an anonymous caller.

About four weeks after the crash, detectives traced Lee to an Elmhurst, Ill., residence, where she was arrested.
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