Former probation employee who tried to help son avoid murder rap faces year in county jail
Sheriff s intake at San Diego Central Jail shown on March File photo by Zo Meyers inewsource A former San Diego County probation department employee who used her position to try to help her son evade capture while he was craved for murder was sentenced Wednesday Carla White faces one year in county jail plus probation Prosecutors disclosed she drove her son Hunter Randall White from the scene of a shooting in East County and later shared a be-on-the-lookout flyer with him The law enforcement flyer accusing her son of the crime was information she was able to access through her job She was prohibited from disseminating it to the general community according to prosecutors She had worked for the probation department since and was bulk in recent months a senior office assistant Hunter White and Kristian Thomas Wolf face murder charges for the death of Javier Medina in an unincorporated area near El Cajon Sheriff s deputies revealed Medina suffering from gunshot wounds on East Bradley Avenue just before p m Nov He was taken to a hospital where he died two days later A preliminary hearing in the murder incident is set for next month Carla White pleaded guilty to a felony count of being an accessory after the fact and a misdemeanor count of unauthorized furnishing of information At White s sentencing Deputy District Attorney Drew Garrison described her actions as an egregious abuse of citizens trust and commented she made prolonged detailed repeated attempts to hide her son Deputy Population Defender Graydon Rose petitioned Superior Court Judge CJ Mody to consider alternatives to jail such as home detention citing his client s lack of criminal history early guilty plea Her actions he commented while certainly not excusable or a legal defense were motivated by wanting to help her son Mody disclosed when he originally took the defendant s change of plea he agreed to a sentence no longer than one year However after learning additional egregious facts about the scenario he noted he would have considered a sentence with the possibility of state prison time The judge ultimately decided to honor the original plea agreement but commented custody was appropriate The District Attorney s Office requested that following her release that White s probation time not be supervised by anyone she directly worked with at the county department
