MENDOCINO COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
DATE: "June 21, 2018"
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Incident Number: 2018-17466
Crime/Incident:
273a(a) PC (Willfully permit a child to suffer great bodily injury or death)
12022.95 PC (Parent having care and custody of child allowing child to
suffer great bodily injury or death)
Location: 2600 block of
Motomkai Road in Willits, CA
Date of Incident: 06-20-2018
Time:
1:38 PM
Victim(s): Chergery Teywoh Lew Mays (18 month old male from
Trinidad, CA)
Suspect(s): Alexandrea Raven Mays (23 year-old female
from Trinidad, CA)
Written By: Detective Sergeant Andrew Porter
Synopsis:
On 06-20-2018 at approximately 1:38 PM, Mendocino County
Sheriff's Deputies were dispatched to a reported coroners case involving an
small child at Howard Memorial Hospital in Willits, California.
Deputies arrived and learned the child, identified as Chergery Teywoh Lew
Mays (18 month old male) had been brought to the hospital by his mother,
Alexandrea Raven Scott.
Initial investigations indicated the child
had been accidentally left inside a vehicle for several hours while Scott
was at a residence in the 2600 block of Mitomkai Way in Willits, California.
Deputies summoned the assistance of Mendocino County Sheriff's
Detectives and further investigations were conducted.
Investigators
learned the involved vehicle had been used by Scott's friend to transport
her and the child to the hospital but had returned to the Mitomkai Way
residence while Scott remained at the hospital.
Investigators
responded to the Mitomkai Way residence locating the vehicle and witnesses
to the incident.
After investigating this incident, Mendocino County
Sheriff's Detectives determined Scott, arrived at the Mitomkai Way residence
around 3:00 AM on 06-20-2018.
Once there, Scott, who resides in
Humboldt County, socialized with people while leaving her child in the back
seat of her car which was parked in front of the residence with the windows
rolled up. It is believed the child was left unattended in the back seat of
the vehicle with the windows rolled up for about 10 hours.
Scott was
subsequently arrested and booked into the Mendocino County Jail for
willfully causing or permitting a child to suffer great bodily injury or
death.
A Mendocino County Superior Court Judge was contacted about
Scott's bail and Scott is now being held without bail.
Any persons
with information about Scott and her activities between 06-19-2018 and
06-20-2018 are encouraged to contact the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office
tip-line at 707-234-2100.
Approved by:
Captain Gregory L. Van
Patten #1184