Camden-Wyoming woman pleads guilty in Ed's Chicken crash

The Camden-Wyoming woman responsible for the crash that resulted in the destruction of Ed's Chicken and Crabs in Dewey Beach pleaded guilty on one charge of DUI and one charge of criminal mischief.

At just past 2 a.m. August 9, 2016, Michelle Small, 37, was traveling at a high rate of speed eastward toward Dewey Beach in her 2013 Mini Cooper when she went over the median and crashed into Ed's Chicken and Crabs. The crash severed a propane line, which caught fire and caused major damage to the restaurant, to the tune of about $75,000.

Following the crash, Small was taken to Beebe Medical Center, after becoming unresponsive while in custody, and released later in the day. Following the crash, owner Ed Riggen, 83 said the incident was the final chapter on his Dewey Beach staple restaurant.

Small's case is in pre-sentence investigation, with Judge E. Scott Bradley set to make the final sentencing decision on Friday, May 26. Small faces a maximum of two years in prison.