Woman Pleads Guilty In Officer Eric Mumaw's Death

NASHVILLE, TN -- The woman charged in the death of Metro Police officer Eric Mumaw, who died while trying to save her from drowning, pleaded guilty Tuesday to vehicular homicide.

Under a plea agreement, 42-year-old Juli Glisson will serve 30 percent of a 12-year sentence for vehicular homicide by intoxication behind bars. That's roughly three-and-a-half years. She is also barred from driving for a decade.

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Mumaw, a decorated 18-year veteran of Metro Police, drowned in the Cumberland River Feb. 2, 2017 near the boat ramp at Peeler Park on Neely's Bend.

Around 4:30 a.m. that day, Mumaw and two other officers, Trent Craig and Nick Diamond, were talking to Glisson, who was in her car on the ramp after a family member reported that she was drunk and suicidal. According to investigators, Craig reached into the car to keep Glisson from putting the car into gear. As Mumaw opened the driver's side door, police say Glisson shifted the car out of park, causing it to roll down the ramp. Mumaw and Diamond went with the car, lost their footing on the edge of the ramp and went into the river

Diamond lost his grip on Mumaw, who was pulled into deeper water. Craig ran from the shoreline into the water to try to save his colleague, but was unsuccessful. A Nashville Fire Department diver discovered Mumaw's body around 8:30 a.m.

Glisson, who was on probation from an April 2016 DUI conviction, was originally charged with aggravated vehicular homicide and faced a minimum of 15 years in prison had she been convicted of that charge.

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