A Gretna woman accused of attacking her father and her grandmother with a hatchet was sentenced to five years of active probation after she agreed to plead guilty to lesser charges, according to Jefferson Parish court records.
Amanda Benton, 29, had been charged with two counts of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated burglary in the June 5, 2022, attack.
But during a sentencing hearing held Tuesday, the Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office reduced the attempted murder charges to two counts of aggravated battery and dropped the burglary charge, court records said…