An Aliso Viejo mother made her first court appearance Tuesday morning after being charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly allowing her 14-year-old son to ride an e-motorcycle that fatally struck an 81-year-old man in April.
Tommi Jo Mejer’s scheduled arraignment was postponed. She is now scheduled to be arraigned June 30 in Newport Beach.
Orange County prosecutors contend that the 51-year-old woman allowed her son to use the motorized cycle despite being warned of its dangers. Mejer is also charged with child endangerment and being an accessory after the fact to a crime, along with misdemeanor counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and providing false information to a peace officer. She also faces an infraction for permitting an unlicensed minor under the age of 18 to drive a motor vehicle…