Current News Headlines: Houston Mother Charged With Homicide After Running Over 3-Year-Old Son In “Game Of Chicken”
A woman identified as Lexus Stagg, 26, who has been accused of running over and killing her 3-year-old son while playing a deadly “game of chicken,” was back in custody on Monday just days after bonding out. She showed up for her first court appearance where the judge raised her bond at the request of prosecutors.
Stagg has been charged with criminally negligent homicide after prosecutors say surveillance video shows her driving her SUV towards her three kids and running over one of them. It’s understood the incident happened three weeks ago in their southwest Houston apartment complex parking lot.
The woman initially told police she thought she hit a speed bump when she was driving in reverse, according to Heavy.com .
“She truly played a ‘game of chicken’ with her 3-year-old, 5-year-old, and 2-year-old children,” Sean Teare, with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, said. “That’s not okay, even if no one had been hurt, that’s not okay, this is the definition of endangering children, and this one had the worst possible outcome.”
MOTHER CHARGED: Surveillance video captured three kids running towards their mom in an SUV moments before a 3-year-old was run over and killed. Lexus Stagg is charged with criminally negligent homicide in her son’s death.
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Stagg’s bond was previously set at $1.500 by a judge but it was raised on Monday to $25,000 after prosecutors argued the original amount had been too low for the crime she’s being accused of.
According to MSN.com , part of the woman’s three bond conditions include no contact with her children, no driving and no drugs or alcohol.
Walter Turcios who is Stagg’s neighbour, at the apartment complex where she lived, expressed sadness over the tragedy but not surprised because the mother is well-known for being a “negligent” parent.
“I felt bad, because those parents, they were never there, they were kind of negligent,” Turcois told ABC13 Houston. “(The kids were) always out here without supervision.”
Two of Stagg’s older children were reportedly taken from her in 2013 and placed with a relative. She then had three more children.
Stagg can be seen running down the street in a video posted to Facebook. She is seen trying to avoid the cameras following her court appearance.
Meanwhile, a funeral has not yet been held for Stagg’s 3-year-old son.
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