BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — People tend to do a lot for family. They’ll give them a ride to doctor’s appointments, slip them some extra money when they’re down on their luck, pick up kids from school.
Michelle Ballantine went even further — she lied about her sons’ involvement with a deadly stabbing that took place outside her front door, authorities say in court documents.
She told investigators she and her sons — Larry and Matthew Chavez — were seated in the living room of her apartment on Pioneer Drive when they heard a commotion. They went outside and saw a man on the ground.
Ballantine called 911 and deputies arrived to find Jason Raymond Mena, 21, with a stab wound…