Las Vegas, NV (AP) - A guilty plea to a reduced reckless driving charge was pushed back to next Monday for a woman who had been accused of trying to kill two schoolgirls she blamed for fighting with her daughter at a Henderson high school.
Fatima Mitchell remained in custody Wednesday while Clark County District Court Judge Tierra Jones rescheduled proceedings to allow Mitchell’s attorney to be present.
Mitchell’s attorney, Roger Bailey, said his client faces a possible sentence of one to six years in prison, but will seek a mental health evaluation and probation under a Clark County court diversion program.
Battery and attempted murder with use of a weapon charges were dropped Monday, when Mitchell agreed in Henderson Justice Court to bypass a preliminary hearing and take the case to state court.
Police alleged that Mitchell used her vehicle as a deadly weapon. It struck a tree, a concrete sign and the two girls, who were treated at a hospital for broken bones but were expected to recover. Their ages were not made public.
Henderson police alleged that Mitchell deliberately drove toward the girls because they had been fighting with her daughter at school.
School police said fights earlier in the day at the school resulted in citations for four students and a separate arrest of a parent.