TONIGHT AT 5:00 AND 6:00. A WOMAN FACES VEHICULAR HOMICIDE CHARGES FOR A DEADLY JULY CRASH IN WEBSTER COUNTY. PROSECUTORS SAY AISHA ISMAIL WAS DRIVING AN SUV AND HIT A PLYMOUTH NEON DRIVEN BY DAVID FLIEHE. HE DIED OF HIS INJURIES. COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW ISMAIL’S BLOOD ALCOHOL AFTER THE CRASH WAS
Woman in prison for mosque fire pleads to vehicular homicide
Updated: 10:53 AM CDT Sep 2, 2020
A Fort Dodge woman already serving a prison sentence for setting fire to an Iowa mosque three years ago has now pleaded guilty to causing a fatal 2018 crash.Aisha Ismail, 26, pleaded guilty Tuesday to vehicular homicide by reckless driving for the July 2018 head-on crash on a Webster County road that killed 20-year-old David Fliehe, of Humboldt, The Messenger reported.Under a plea deal, Ismail’s sentence for the death would begin after she has completed another sentence of up to 10 years for second-degree arson, stemming from a June 2017 incident in which she started a fire at The Islamic Center, a Des Moines mosque. No one was injured in that fire, but authorities say two people were sleeping inside the building when she entered and set fire to a carpet.
FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — A Fort Dodge woman already serving a prison sentence for setting fire to an Iowa mosque three years ago has now pleaded guilty to causing a fatal 2018 crash.
Aisha Ismail, 26, pleaded guilty Tuesday to vehicular homicide by reckless driving for the July 2018 head-on crash on a Webster County road that killed 20-year-old David Fliehe, of Humboldt, The Messenger reported.
Under a plea deal, Ismail’s sentence for the death would begin after she has completed another sentence of up to 10 years for second-degree arson, stemming from a June 2017 incident in which she started a fire at The Islamic Center, a Des Moines mosque.
No one was injured in that fire, but authorities say two people were sleeping inside the building when she entered and set fire to a carpet.