Hudson
06-30-2007, 03:19 PM
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Cops Say Mom Drove Teens to Drive-By
PALMDALE, Calif. (June 30) - A mother faces firearms charges after she allegedly drove her son's friends to a rival gang member's house to take part in a shooting, authorities said.
Michelle Wright, 37, pleaded not guilty Thursday to three counts of assault with a firearm and one count of shooting a firearm at a dwelling, said Los Angeles County sheriff's Detective Robert Gillis on Friday. She was held on $250,000 bail.
Wright drove her son's two friends to a rival gang member's house in Palmdale early Tuesday, authorities said. One of the son's friends got out and fired at a bedroom window before the three drove away.
Two small children and a teen were in the room, but no one was injured.
Detectives acting on a tip arrested the woman's son and the gunman, Gillis said. Authorities recovered a shotgun they suspect was used in the shooting, he said.
Wright told authorities she drove her son's friends to do the shooting because she believed police were not doing enough to stop gang members from harassing her children, Gillis said.
Wright's son and the two other teens, whom authorities have accused of being members of a street gang, were charged and held in juvenile custody.
An attorney representing Wright could not be located, and her phone number was unlisted.
Cops Say Mom Drove Teens to Drive-By
PALMDALE, Calif. (June 30) - A mother faces firearms charges after she allegedly drove her son's friends to a rival gang member's house to take part in a shooting, authorities said.
Michelle Wright, 37, pleaded not guilty Thursday to three counts of assault with a firearm and one count of shooting a firearm at a dwelling, said Los Angeles County sheriff's Detective Robert Gillis on Friday. She was held on $250,000 bail.
Wright drove her son's two friends to a rival gang member's house in Palmdale early Tuesday, authorities said. One of the son's friends got out and fired at a bedroom window before the three drove away.
Two small children and a teen were in the room, but no one was injured.
Detectives acting on a tip arrested the woman's son and the gunman, Gillis said. Authorities recovered a shotgun they suspect was used in the shooting, he said.
Wright told authorities she drove her son's friends to do the shooting because she believed police were not doing enough to stop gang members from harassing her children, Gillis said.
Wright's son and the two other teens, whom authorities have accused of being members of a street gang, were charged and held in juvenile custody.
An attorney representing Wright could not be located, and her phone number was unlisted.