Mom Faces Charges for Son's E-Motorcycle Crash

0:00It's April 22nd, from your city to your ears. This is California News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. A 50-year-old woman from Aliso Viejo in Orange County is hitting heavy charges after her 14-year-old son crashed an e-moter cycle into N-81-year-old man. Prosecutors say Tommy Joe Mayhair let the kid ride a 2025 Sur on Ultra B on public streets, even though state law treats it like a fool. People needing riders over 16 with a license. The boy was popping wheelies near El Toro High School when he struck substitute teacher Ed Ashman around 4 p.m. on April 16th. Deputies rushed to the scene on Toledo Way and Ridge Rowed Drive in Lake Forest after crash reports. They found Ashman critically hurt, and the teen bolted but got arrested later on related charges. Mayhair first told cops she and her son didn't own her touches Iran, but she soon admitted buying it for him, and knowing he rode wild. Now she's facing one felony for child endangerment, another for being an accessory after the

1:04fact, plus misdemeanors for messing with the minors, delinquency, loaning the vehicle to an unlicensed driver, and lying to officers, that Vietnam vet who flew combat missions is still clinging to life in the hospital, fighting injuries from a kid who had no business on that machine, pushing nearly 60 miles per hour. Orange County D.A. Todd Spitzer is laying it down clear parents handing kids these tricked out. Emotor cycles are basically arming them, and they're promising prosecutions. Officials had even worn my hair before about her son's reckless rides, but it didn't stop. If convicted on everything, Mayhair could see up to six years and eight months behind bars, a stark reminder that skipping the rules on the road hits. Hard for everyone involved.