re: lets check in with everyone's favorite drunk driver, olivia matte [GUILTY]

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The woman accused of causing a fatal crash on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway while driving drunk in 2017 pleaded guilty Tuesday (April 24) to first offense DWI in an incident that occurred several months before the bridge fatality.

Olivia Matte, 27, of Covington, was sentenced to six months in jail, which was suspended by state Judge William J. "Rusty" Knight of the 22nd Judicial District.

Knight ordered Matte to serve two years of active probation, attend DWI and substance abuse classes and pay a $600 fine plus court costs. He ordered her to remain on house arrest until the charges are resolved in the Causeway case in Jefferson Parish.

Matte also pleaded guilty to improper lane use, for which Knight sentenced her to a $50 fine plus court costs.

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The vehicular homicide and other charges are pending in 24th Judicial District Court in Jefferson Parish, with a pre-trial conference scheduled for May 14. She pleaded not guilty to the charges on June 2, 2017.

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so...

1st offense DWI expunged by pre-trial diversion.
2nd offense DWI now reduced to 1st offense, suspended sentence + probabtion and community service.
3rd offense DWI + vehicular homicide charges still pending.
olivia matte still free, james blackmond still dead, over one year later