The 17-year-old who pleaded guilty to driving a car into a woman walking her child in a stroller in Venice was on probation at the time after being convicted of felony poisoning for spiking a teenage girl's drink in 2019 at Palmdale High School, which sent her to the hospital.
"Fortunately, the baby was uninjured, and the mother received a laceration to her elbow," his office initially told Fox News Digital Friday. "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.
Jon Hatami, Los Angeles deputy district attorney, told Fox News that it looks "very negligent" that the public is just now learning from Gascón's office that the teenager was on probation at the time of the hit-and-run.LA Deputy DA warns Gascón: 'You're next' The mother wrote in a victim's impact report that she thought "those were the last moments of our lives."
Rachel also told Fox News that Gascón and his staff "are highlighting their incompetence and their complete disregard for victims."