A mom is headed to jail for practically two years for hashish use whereas proudly owning a handgun. Deja Taylor obtained a 21-month sentence on Wednesday (Nov. 15), per AP News.
In January, Taylor’s six-year-old son used his mom’s weapon to fireplace at his college instructor inside a Virginia classroom. Abby Zwerner survived her gunshot wounds to the chest and hand and has gone on to share her trauma in interviews.
After investigating the incident, native police discovered an oz. of marijuana in Deja Taylor’s bed room and different associated paraphernalia. Text messages additionally reportedly evidenced “frequent drug use,” per AP.
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This sentence isn’t the top of the incident for Taylor. In truth, she’s due in court docket once more subsequent month for a separate sentence. That authorized continuing will concentrate on a felony baby neglect cost from the state. Deja Taylor pled responsible to that in August. At the time, her lawyer, James Ellenson, stated the mom felt “very bad” over the instructor’s taking pictures.
“She feels very responsible, feels very bad, It’s just very emotional, the whole hearing. It’s all just upsetting to everybody,” the lawyer stated.
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Authorities determined in March that her son wouldn’t face fees. Attorney General Howard Gwynn advised WTKR on the time that the regulation didn’t assist “charging and convicting a six-year-old with aggravated assault.” It’s unclear if the kid returned to Richneck Elementary School pupil following the taking pictures.
The incident has dominated headlines for months — highlighting security in colleges. In April, Abby, the Virginia instructor, introduced a $40 million lawsuit in opposition to college officers.
To get well from the taking pictures, Abby reportedly spent two weeks hospitalized and underwent 4 surgical procedures. Her lawsuit states she suffered everlasting bodily accidents, bodily ache, psychological anguish, and misplaced earnings following the incident. It additionally says she gave college directors “multiple warnings” concerning the boy having a gun.
“All Defendants knew that John Doe attacked students and teachers alike, and his motivation to injure was directed toward anyone in his path, both in and out of school, and was not limited to teachers while at the school,” the lawsuit states.
At this time, Deja Taylor shouldn’t be named in Abby’s lawsuit. However, the previous instructor reportedly testified within the mom’s sentencing listening to this week.
HAPPENING NOW: Deja Taylor & Abby Zwerner are at the moment in federal court docket, to find out what number of years Deja Taylor will face in jail, (the mom of the 6-year-old who used her gun to shoot Zwerner at Richneck elementary college again in January) Neither had any remark. @WAVY_News https://t.co/dyINgsuaZn pic.twitter.com/ya441AOSdd
— Cortez Grayson (@_cjg1124) November 15, 2023
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