Woman Gets 20 Years for Manslaughter

TYLER — A Tyler woman who’d pleaded guilty to manslaughter gets 20 years in prison, the maximum sentence she could have received. Authorities say Jerdene Boyd, 51, had trace amounts of cocaine, marijuana and opiates in her system last September 2 when she ran from police and fatally rear-ended a Plano man. But they say the vehicle was the weapon, and she was not under the influence of the drugs. Authorities say she rear-ended Robert Bass, 55, of Plano, on South Broadway while Bass was stopped at a light. He was pronounced dead at the scene. According to authorities, investigators determined that Boyd has never been issued a Texas Drivers License and had no insurance.