Davenport woman who struck pedestrian sentenced to prison

UPDATE: A 25-year-old Davenport woman was sentenced to up to five years in prison on Wednesday in connection with striking a victim with a car.

Judge Jeffrey Bert sentenced Jhaide Gay in Scott County Court, where she said she wanted to get the help she needs. “I am very sorry for what I did,” she said. Earlier, she pleaded guilty to a charge of willful injury causing bodily injury.

“It was a violent offense,” Bert said. “You used the car as a weapon.”

The prosecuting attorney said the victim still is in a wheelchair.

EARLIER: A 24-year-old Davenport woman was behind bars Monday after police allege she struck a victim with a vehicle.

Jhaide Gay faces a felony charge of willful injury, court records show.

Shortly before 4 a.m. Monday, Davenport Police were dispatched to the 1400 block of Clay Street for a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle, an arrest affidavit shows.

Gay was driving a vehicle in the 1400 block of Clay Street while the victim was walking on the public sidewalk in the same block, police allege in affidavits. Gay, with intent to injure the victim, “drove the vehicle onto the sidewalk and struck the victim, driving over her,” police allege in the affidavit.

The victim suffered a broken tibia and fibula on her left leg, as well as a broken ankle on her right leg which will require surgery to repair, the affidavit shows.

Gay, who is being held on $10,000 cash-only bond in Scott County Jail, is set for a preliminary hearing March 30 in Scott County Court.

The charge is a Class C felony, which is punishable by confinement for no more than 10 years and a fine.

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