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Bertha Harper will be sentenced in the death of Amber Rebel at a later date. 10:31 am, Mar. 17, 2021 × iStock BISMARCK — An 85-year-old woman has admitted to killing a pedestrian last summer as she drove through Bismarck. Bertha Sophie Harper of Bismarck pleaded guilty Wednesday, March 17, in Burleigh County District Court to felony counts of negligent homicide and failure to stop for a crash resulting in a death. Those charges are from a car-pedestrian crash around 3:15 p.m. June 3 near 2723 Gateway Ave. that killed 33-year-old Amber Rebel. Harper is accused of fleeing the scen...
Negligent homicide charge stands in pedestrian death Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Tuesday, March 16, 2021 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A judge has refused to dismiss felony charges against an 85-year-old Bismarck woman accused of negligent homicide in the death of a pedestrian. The defense argued that prosecutors are treating the case differently than a similar one 13 years ago. Bertha Harper was charged last June following the death of 33-year-old Amber Rebel. Defense attorney Tom Dickson...