Posted on 12/15/2023 3:31:27 PM PST by Morgana
The Virginia mother of a six-year-old boy who shot his teacher with her gun has been banned from contacting her child until he turns 18, a judge ruled on Friday.
Deja Nicole Taylor, 25, was charged with felony child neglect after her son shot his first-grade teacher Abigail Zwerner, 26, in her Newport News classroom in January.
She has now been sentenced to two years in prison - which is a harsher sentence than the six months prosecutors recommended as part of a plea deal.
The Newport News Circuit judge sentenced Taylor to five years in total, with three years suspended.
Taylor previously pled guilty to using marijuana while owning a gun and was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison in November on felony gun charges.
As part of that plea deal, local prosecutors agreed to drop a misdemeanor count of recklessly storing a firearm.
Authorities said she lied about her drug use on a federal background check form when she bought the gun that her son brought to school.
Taylor's son is now in the custody and care of his great-grandfather and attending a new school in the region.
The critically wounded teacher spent two weeks in hospital after the January incident, which saw a bullet hit her hand and chest.
Moments after the shooting, the six-year-old told a reading specialist who restrained him: 'I shot that (expletive) dead' and 'I got my mom's gun last night,' according to search warrants.
Taylor told police she believed her 9mm handgun was secured at home with a trigger lock. But authorities said they never found a lock during searches of the home.
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The kid should be in Juvy till he's 18.
Notice it's great-grandfather..where is the father?
See? When we enforce the gun laws we already have, we don’t need far-left Nazi biatches trying to make MORE gun laws. You azhos on the left aren’t “woke”, you’re all high on drugs.
To be fair, the great grandfather is probably only 42.
I read a media article article posted on Free Republic.com that the firearm was purchased legally.
The great grandfather probably has to lock his bedroom door at night. I would. That kid is Damien.
His teachers would be wise to purchase additional life and disability insurance. And wiser to to tell the school officials to teach the little bastard their selves. You can always find another job. But you have the only life you will ever have now. And he has learned to shoot his next target at least twice.
Where have I heard that before?
hunter biden....... but he’s walking free.
As part of that plea deal, local prosecutors agreed to drop a misdemeanor count of recklessly storing a firearm.
the actual charge that should never be dropped since it started it all...
well, that and it’s a crappy parent
“Notice it’s great-grandfather..where is the father?”
Which great-grandfather?
Where are the grandfathers?
That kid needs to be fed to the hogs! Will be totally worthless to society....
His great-grandfather is probably 50 years old.
‘I shot that (expletive) dead’ and ‘I got my mom’s gun last night,’
The child needs to be in juvy prison until he is 18.
My kids were terrified to touch my guns without permission.
Totally FUBAR situation.
He would probably give the hogs indigestion. One thing for certain, he is bad news. He will kill next time.
One Word....
Double Tap.
All dead or in prison for life by age 24.
All dead or in prison for life by age 24.
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