{"id":2127104,"date":"2023-12-16T18:28:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T23:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mother-of-virginia-6-year-old-who-shot-teacher-sentenced-to-2-years-in-prison\/"},"modified":"2023-12-16T18:30:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T23:30:07","slug":"mother-of-virginia-6-year-old-who-shot-teacher-sentenced-to-2-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mother-of-virginia-6-year-old-who-shot-teacher-sentenced-to-2-years-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia 6-year-old&#8217;s mother gets 2-year prison term for teacher shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmother-of-virginia-6-year-old-who-shot-teacher-sentenced-to-2-years-in-prison%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2127104&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo\u200c by John Li\/Getty\u2064 Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/abril-elfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abril Elfi<\/a><br \/>3:20 \u2063PM \u200b\u2013 Saturday, December \u200b16, 2023<\/p>\n<p>A Virginia mother whose\u200b six-year-old son shot his teacher was sentenced to two years in prison.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Circuit\u200c Judge Christopher Papile sentenced 26-year-old Deja Taylor\u200b to two years\u200b behind \u2064bars.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST\u2062 IN: The mom of\u200d the 6-year-old boy \u200bwho brought a gun\u2064 to school &#038; \u2063shot his teacher has been \u200bsentenced\u2063 to prison.<\/p>\n<p>Deja Taylor&#8217;s son took her gun to\u2063 school &#038; shot his teacher Abigail Zwerner back\u2063 in January. She \u200cwas lucky to\u200d survive.<\/p>\n<p>After the shooting, the \u200bboy bragged to a\u2026 \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KryDMRc2Id\">pic.twitter.com\/KryDMRc2Id<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg)\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1735758238275248378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Taylor had \u2064been charged with felony child neglect in April and \u200bpreviously pleaded guilty in August.<\/p>\n<p>The judge\u2019s \u200dsentence was more severe than\u200b the six months \u200bin prison\u200d that the prosecution had recommended. The \u200dprosecution had dropped the \u200dmisdemeanor charge of recklessly storing a firearm \u2064as part of a \u200cplea agreement.<\/p>\n<p>After serving\u2062 21 months for a related federal charge, Taylor must start her state sentence. She was sentenced last month \u2064after entering a guilty plea in June to the charge of\u2063 using marijuana while in possession\u2063 of a firearm, which is \u2062prohibited\u200d by federal law.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor\u2019s son, who is\u200c currently 7 years old, is\u2064 still in \u2063the custody of\u2064 his\u200d great-grandfather, Calvin\u200d Taylor, according to family attorney James Ellenson.<\/p>\n<p>Ellenson continued, \u201cDeja Taylor may \u2062have supervised contact with her son at Calvin \u200bTaylor\u2019s discretion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/virginia-mom-of-6-year-old-who-shot-teacher-charged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">On January 6<sup>th<\/sup>, \u200cTaylor\u2019s son took her handgun<\/a> to \u2064school at \u200cRichneck Elementary in Virginia and shot\u200c his first-grade teacher, Zwerner, in the classroom, leaving her severely wounded.<\/p>\n<p>Zwerner was shot in the \u2062hand and \u2063chest and needed four\u200d separate surgeries, according\u2064 to her legal team.<\/p>\n<p>After the \u2064shooting, the child told a reading specialist who assessed \u200dhim, \u201cI shot that (expletive) dead\u201d and \u201cI got my mom\u2019s \u2064gun last night,\u201d according to\u200d search warrants.<\/p>\n<p>Less than two weeks after \u200cthe shooting, \u2064investigators searched Taylor\u2019s home and discovered \u2063an\u2062 ounce \u2062of marijuana in her bedroom and proof \u2064of frequent\u200b drug use in\u2064 her \u200ccell phone messaging history.<\/p>\n<p>Court\u2062 documents state that agents found marijuana and a box of ammunition in Taylor\u2019s home, along with several\u200b other items. They\u2064 also discovered marijuana when\u2063 they searched Taylor\u2019s mother\u2019s residence, \u2062where Taylor was staying at the time.<\/p>\n<p>According \u200dto documents, before pleading guilty, Taylor \u2064lied on the ATF\u2062 form she completed when purchasing the firearm, claiming \u201cshe was not an unlawful user of \u200dmarijuana or other \u2063controlled substances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news\u200c blasts \u200cdirectly to your inbox for free. 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Deja Taylor, 26 years old, was convicted of felony \u200dchild neglect and \u200dpleaded guilty to the charge in August. On Friday, Circuit Judge Christopher Papile handed down the\u2062 sentence, which was more severe than the six months in prison recommended by the prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred on January\u200b 6th at Richneck Elementary School in Virginia, when Taylor&#8217;s son\u2062 brought her handgun to school and shot his first-grade\u2063 teacher, \u2063Abigail Zwerner, in the classroom.\u2064 Zwerner sustained serious injuries and required multiple surgeries. \u2062She was shot in the hand and chest.<\/p>\n<p>After\u200c the shooting, the child \u200cmade disturbing statements to\u200d a \u2062reading specialist, claiming, &#8220;I shot that (expletive) dead&#8221; and &#8220;I got my mom&#8217;s gun last night,&#8221; \u2064according to \u200bsearch warrants. Less \u200bthan two weeks after the incident,\u200b investigators searched Taylor&#8217;s home and found an ounce \u2063of\u200b marijuana and\u200b evidence of\u2062 frequent drug use on her cell phone.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the child neglect charge, Taylor was also facing\u200d a misdemeanor charge of recklessly storing a firearm. However, \u2062as part of a plea agreement, this charge was dropped.\u200c Taylor had\u200d previously spent 21 months in federal custody on a related charge of using marijuana while in\u200d possession of a firearm, which is prohibited by federal law.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor&#8217;s son is\u2063 currently in the custody of his great-grandfather, Calvin Taylor, \u2062according \u2063to the family attorney, James Ellenson. Ellenson stated that Deja Taylor may\u2063 have\u2063 supervised contact\u200d with her son at Calvin Taylor&#8217;s\u2064 discretion.<\/p>\n<p>The judge&#8217;s decision to sentence Deja Taylor to two years in prison reflects the seriousness of the incident and\u2063 the potential\u200d danger posed by her\u200d negligence in storing the firearm. The \u200bcase serves as\u2062 a reminder of the importance of responsible gun ownership and ensuring \u2063that firearms are securely stored, particularly \u200din households with children.<\/p>\n<p>It is crucial to prioritize \u2063the safety\u200c and well-being of children \u200bby \u2064taking necessary \u2063precautions to prevent such tragic incidents from occurring. Education and awareness \u200cabout\u200d responsible gun ownership should be \u2064promoted to prevent further cases like this from happening in the future.<\/p>\n<p>All individuals who own \u200bfirearms, especially parents, \u2063must\u200c recognize the potential risks involved and take appropriate measures to ensure the safety of themselves, their\u200b families, and their \u200bcommunities. Incidents like this highlight the need \u2064for stricter regulations and laws governing gun ownership to prevent accidents and protect innocent lives.<\/p>\n<p>Overall,\u200b the sentencing\u2062 of\u2062 Deja\u2064 Taylor serves as a somber reminder of\u2062 the consequences that can result \u200bfrom negligence in \u200dfirearm storage and emphasizes\u2062 the\u2064 importance of responsible gun ownership. It is crucial that we work \u2062towards creating a safer environment for children, where incidents like this are minimized through education, awareness, and responsible measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shot his teacher in Virginia has been sentenced to two years in prison by Circuit Judge Christopher Papile. 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