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UPDATE: Chickamauga man pleads guilty to vehicular homicide by intoxication, learns prison fate

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A Chickamauga man, James Bernard, has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide by impairment following a September 2025 crash that killed Paula Soens. He received a 9-year sentence with no early release, reflecting new sentencing guidelines for such offenses in Hamilton County.
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UPDATE: Chickamauga man pleads guilty to vehicular homicide by intoxication, learns prison fate

A Chickamauga man, James Bernard, has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide by impairment following a September 2025 crash that killed Paula Soens. He received a 9-year sentence with no early release, reflecting new sentencing guidelines for such offenses in Hamilton County.

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Local 3 News broke the news on Thursday, August 6, 2026.
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