O.C. mom faces charges after son on e-motorcycle allegedly struck, fatally injured 81-year-old

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The mother of a 14-year-old Orange County boy who allegedly struck and killed an 81-year-old man while riding an e-motorcycle appeared in court for the first time Tuesday to face criminal charges stemming from the deadly crash.Prosecutors allege Tommi Jo Mejer’s son struck the Vietnam War veteran on April 16 after the teenager was spotted doing wheelies in the middle of the street.

Charges were filed against the 50-year-old Aliso Viejo mother because prosecutors allege she was warned before the deadly crash that her son had been driving the electric motorcycle recklessly and that he was not legally allowed to ride it.On Tuesday, Mejer appeared with her attorneys for a brief hearing at the Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach.

The arraignment hearing, however, was postponed to June 30, according to court records.California Orange County prosecutors have charged an Aliso Viejo woman with involuntary manslaughter after an 81-year-old man died from injuries sustained when her son allegedly hit him while riding an electric motorcycle.Mejer’s attorneys declined to comment directly on the case, but released a short statement on behalf of their client.

“Tommi Mejer is anguished over the terrible accident,” read the statement from attorneys Paul S.Meyer and Lolita Kirk.

“She sends her deepest condolences and sorrow over this tragedy.This has been devastating for everyone.

It is premature to make any other statement.”Mejer faces a felony count of involuntary manslaughter, one felony count of child endangerment, one felony county of accessory after the fact to a crime, one misdemeanor count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, one misdemeanor count of loaning a motor vehicle to a unlicensed driver, and one misdemeanor count of providing false information to a peace officer.She faces up to seven years and eight months in prison if convicted on all counts, prosec...