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Abby Simons

Reporter | Hennepin County courts

Phone: 612-673-4921

Abby joined the Star Tribune in 2008 and has covered the courts since 2011. She has also worked as a general assignment and police reporter.

Brittani Senser calls sentence sad but fair

Amy Senser's stepdaughter, who testified for the prosecution, discussed the case on "Good Morning America."

Updated: July 11, 2012, - 06:58 AM

Amy Senser: An apology, forgiveness, 41 months

The judge said he didn't entirely believe Amy Senser's account of the night she killed Anousone Phanthavong, citing "too many family secrets."

Updated: July 09, 2012, - 09:46 PM

Give Senser the max, prosecutor asks

Request for a 57-month sentence cites "hollow excuses" for fatal crash.

Updated: July 05, 2012, - 11:13 PM

Second teen charged as adult in 13-year-old's death

He was 15 at time of shooting that killed Ray'Jon Gomez. Derrick Deangelo Catchings remains jailed in lieu of bail.

Updated: July 05, 2012, - 06:26 PM

Attorney seeks probation, not prison time, for Amy Senser

State sentencing guidelines call for Senser to spend 41 to 57 months in prison after a jury convicted her in May for the hit-and-run death of popular Thai chef Anousone Phanthavong,

Updated: July 03, 2012, - 11:36 PM

Culture of retribution stoked Nizzel George's death

First-degree murder charges against Stephon Terrell Shannon and an unnamed 15-year-old detail retaliatory street justice that police and community leaders say led to Nizzel's death.

Updated: July 02, 2012, - 11:08 PM