An Oceanside woman charged with felony child endangerment stemming from a road-rage dispute with an off-duty police officer waived her right to a preliminary hearing Monday amid negotiations that could result in a plea agreement.
Rachel Silva, 27, and her 8-year-old son were both shot and wounded by San Diego police Officer Frank White during a dispute on March 15 in the parking lot of a Lowe's store in Oceanside.
The state Attorney General's Office, which is prosecuting Silva, alleges the woman willfully placed her son under circumstances likely to produce great bodily injury or death.
She is also charged with five misdemeanors: two counts of drunken driving, driving while possessing marijuana, driving on a suspended license and a revoked license.
Judge Michael Smyth scheduled another readiness conference for Nov. 10 at the San Diego County Courthouse and trial, if necessary, for Nov. 18.
"Hopefully at the readiness conference we'll have a disposition (of the case)," Supervising Deputy Attorney General Jim Dutton said. "We're not sure, but we hope to be ready at that time. It hasn't been worked out completely."
Last week, Silva admitted that the Oceanside run-in resulted in a violation of probation that she was serving in connection with a drunken driving arrest in Temecula in April 2007. She was placed on three years probation for felony child endangerment and misdemeanor DUI convictions in that case.Continued...
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