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Ames Woman Sentenced in Skateboarder Hit-and-Run
Shelly Habhab was sentenced to two years in prison for running into a skateboarder in Campustown and driving away.

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Shelly Habhab was sentenced to two years in prison for running into a skateboarder in Campustown and driving away.

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