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

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 successful tribunal for the first clip Tuesday to look criminal charges stemming from the deadly crash.

Prosecutors allege Tommi Jo Mejer’s boy struck the Vietnam War seasoned connected April 16 aft the teen was spotted doing wheelies successful the mediate of the street. Charges were revenge against the 50-year-old Aliso Viejo mother because prosecutors allege she was warned earlier the deadly clang that her boy had been driving the electrical motorcycle recklessly and that he was not legally allowed to thrust it.

On Tuesday, Mejer appeared pinch her attorneys for a little proceeding astatine the Harbor Justice Center successful Newport Beach. The arraignment hearing, however, was postponed to June 30, according to tribunal records.

Mejer’s attorneys declined to remark straight connected the case, but released a short connection connected behalf of their client.

“Tommi Mejer is anguished complete the unspeakable accident,” publication the connection from attorneys Paul S. Meyer and Lolita Kirk. “She sends her deepest condolences and sorrow complete this tragedy. This has been devastating for everyone. It is premature to make immoderate different statement.”

Mejer faces a felony count of involuntary manslaughter, 1 felony count of kid endangerment, 1 felony region of accessory aft the truth to a crime, 1 misdemeanor count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, 1 misdemeanor count of loaning a centrifugal conveyance to a unlicensed driver, and 1 misdemeanor count of providing mendacious accusation to a bid officer.

She faces up to 7 years and 8 months successful situation if convicted connected each counts, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors allege Mejer’s boy was riding a Surron e-motorcycle adjacent Toledo Way and Ridge Route Drive successful Lake Forest erstwhile he deed 81-year-old Ed Ashman. The teen past allegedly fled the scene.

Ashman was taken to a infirmary and died connected April 30.

Orange County sheriff’s deputies contacted Mejer about the clang hours aft it occurred, and she was allegedly captured connected camera telling deputies that neither she nor her boy owned a Surron aliases had entree to one.

But prosecutors allege that Mejer had, months earlier, talked to deputies about her boy riding the electrical motorcycle.

In June 2025, Mejer allegedly called deputies to kick that personification had posted pictures online of her son, past 13, riding an e-motorcycle. Mejer told deputies astatine the clip that she had purchased the Surron motorcycle for her son.

The electrical motorcycle, which could scope speeds of up to 58 mph and has a highest powerfulness of 12.5kW, is not considered an e-bike nether California rule — meaning that riders must person a motorcycle licence and must registry the conveyance done the Department of Motor Vehicles.

In a connection announcing the charges against Mejer, Orange County Dist. Atty. Todd Spitzer accused her of “essentially hand[ing] her 14-year-old boy a deadly weapon.”

“If parents aren’t going to clasp their children accountable, past I americium going to clasp parents accountable for hurting and sidesplitting guiltless group while riding forbidden centrifugal vehicles,” Spitzer said successful the statement.