BY DAN HILDEBRAN
A 66-year-old Bradford County woman was sentenced to two years’ probation and ordered to attend an anger management class after pleading to shooting a .38 Special at her adult son after he squirted air freshener in her face.
Bradford deputies arrested Judy Lee on February 3 for child neglect and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. On August 27, she pleaded to the aggravated assault felony while prosecutors dropped the child neglect charge.
According to an arrest report, the defendant told deputies she was trying to go to sleep on her couch while her son was preparing for work.
“Judy stated (her son) was in the kitchen being noisy and had the kitchen light and back porch light on,” wrote Bradford Sheriff’s Detective T. Lovell in the report. “Judy stated that her son stated she was not going to sleep tonight. Judy advised that he continuously walked into the living room to “cuss her.’”
The defendant added that while she was sitting in a chair, her son came up to her and squirted Febreze in her face.
“Judy stated she doesn’t know why, but she grabbed her gun,” Lovell wrote. “Judy stated that (her son) observed her with the firearm, and he began to run towards the bedroom. Judy stated that she did not shoot at him, as she ‘just shot.’”
The defendant added that the son retrieved a firearm from the room he is staying in and returned fire.
Lovell reported that a juvenile was asleep in the home at the time of the shootout. He added that deputies recovered the .38 Special revolver in addition to three empty shell casings and two live rounds in the cylinder.
