Racquel Graham was convicted of aggravated assault and related crimes by a Chester County jury earlier this year. Read more File photo / MCT

by Vinny Vella Published Oct. 13, 2025, 2:04 p.m. ET

A Chester County judge said Monday that he was showing mercy to a Secane woman when he sentenced her to county jail rather than state prison for a road-rage shooting in Willistown Township last year.

But in sentencing Racquel Graham to nine to 23 months in jail, Judge Patrick Carmody was unequivocal in his warning to her.

“You had a good job, and you pursued the American Dream, which I respect, but you almost turned it into a nightmare for you and [the victim],” Carmody said. He called Graham a “tremendous threat to society” and ordered her to undergo mental health treatment in ja

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