BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — A Kern County Superior Court judge said Monday that additional time is needed to determine whether unresolved charges against a Porterville mother can be retried, following a mistrial in a highly emotional child endangerment case.
Inside a Bakersfield courtroom, Judge Charles R. Brehmer addressed the status of the case involving Maya Hernandez, who was convicted of child endangerment after leaving her two young children inside a hot car while she underwent a cosmetic procedure in June of last year.
Police say Hernandez’s one-year-old son, Amillio, was found dead in the vehicle, while his two-year-old brother, Mateo Gutierrez, survived…