A county probation department employee has been accused of trying to help her son avoid being arrested after a shooting in late November left a man mortally wounded.
Carla White, 53, has been charged with being an accessory after the fact and unauthorized furnishing of information to her 21-year-old son, according to court records. Prosecutors say she tipped off her son that he was being sought by deputies, based on internal information provided to law enforcement.
White is a senior office assistant in the Probation Department, where she has worked since 2006, a county spokesperson said.
White pleaded not guilty when she was arraigned in December. She appeared in El Cajon Superior Court on Wednesday for a readiness hearing.
Her attorney did not immediately respond Thursday afternoon to a request for comment.
White’s son, Hunter White, and a 22-year-old man named Kristian Thomas Wolf are facing first-degree murder and attempted murder charges. The charges stem from a shooting that occurred Nov. 13 off East Bradley Avenue in an unincorporated area near El Cajon.
The victim — 27-year-old Javier Medina — was shot in the head and died in a hospital two days later, authorities said.
White and Wolf allegedly asked the victim who he was and when he told them his gang nickname, he was shot in the head, Deputy District Attorney Drew Garrison said. Both men fled before deputies arrived.
Prosecutors allege White’s mother picked up Hunter on Nov. 16, three days after the shooting, from a place he had been hiding and that as she drove away he was shielded under a sunshade, Garrison said. White also is accused of sharing information from a confidential Be on the Lookout flier with her son, according to NBC 7 San Diego, which covered the hearing.
White was booked into jail in the early morning of Nov. 17, while Wolf was arrested Dec. 7, according to court records. Wolf also has been charged with drunken driving. Prosecutors said in court documents that White fired the gun.
At the time of his arrest, Ventura County had a warrant out for Hunter White. According to court documents, he was facing four counts of battery after he allegedly threw a chair at a youth corrections counselor in 2022, a spokesperson with the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office said. White was released on bond.
The Ventura case remains unresolved. Court records indicate he failed to show up for a procedural court hearing, and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
