LA teen who woke DA George Gascon let off with light sentence was on probation at time of crash

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UPDATED JUN 6, 2022

LA District Attorney George Gascon (L) was blasted for sentencing the guilty teen in the car accident (R) to only five months in a diversionary program (Photos by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/Los Angeles County)

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San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon speaks during a news conference at the San Francisco Hall of Justice May 5, 2010 in San Francisco, California. Chief Gascon discussed the ongoing investigation and corrective action of the San Francisco police crime lab where a technician tampered with and stole drug samples which jeaoparded hundreds of drug cases and possible convictions. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Sheriff Alex Villanueva had publicly called out Gascon in a Facebook statement saying, “We were never consulted as we were not the Investigating agency. Sheriff’s Investigators would never be ok with the lightweight sentencing in this hit-and-run case. Stop empowering and encouraging criminal behavior. Hold them accountable #VictimsMatter.”

Speaking on the incident, Gascon’s office had earlier said, as reported by Fox News, “Fortunately, the baby was uninjured, and the mother received a laceration to her elbow”, adding, “The Sheriff’s Department agreed with the felony charges that were filed. At arraignment, the minor admitted two felony counts of assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury and one felony count of hit-and-run. The Probation Department recommended, and the court sentenced the minor to a youth camp for five to seven months, an appropriate resolution." They later changed the statement saying, “Need to correct our statement from yesterday. LASD was not involved in the decision on the felony charge, as they were not the investigating agency in that case."

San Francisco district attorney George Gascon speaks during a new conference to announce a civil consumer protection action against rideshare company Uber on December 9, 2014 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

‘Someone with a criminal record tried to kill me and my son’

The woman, who asked to be identified as Rachel, slammed Gascon and his staff over their “incompetence and their complete disregard for victims." She told Fox News, "Someone with a criminal record tried to kill me and my son, and George Gascon thinks that five months of camp is a sufficient punishment,” adding, “Gascon’s office took the time to falsely comment on my case, but has taken no time to ask how we are doing. That’s because he doesn’t care. Gascon and his staff are highlighting their incompetence and their complete disregard for victims.”

Rachel also slammed Gascon over the teen getting a light sentence. “I was also told that his record would be wiped clean when he turns 18," she continued. "How on earth can that be? He tried to murder two innocent pedestrians. Murder. And we have video evidence. My child would be dead if I hadn’t been there to protect him."