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Nation in brief: Police: Mom drove son to park to kill

Eva Daley, 30, of Long Beach, is charged with driving her son and six others so they could attack another teenager. Associated Press (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
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Eva Daley, 30, of Long Beach, is charged with driving her son and six others so they could attack another teenager. Associated Press (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

Mothers have lied, spun elaborate alibis and hidden evidence for their gang-member sons. But investigators say Eva Daley went to murderous lengths.

Daley, 30, drove her 14-year-old son and six other members of the Latin Marijuana Smokers gang to a skate park to kill a 13-year-old boy they had a grudge against, police say. The boy, Jose “Bobby” Cano, was stabbed to death.

“I’m shaking my head at this because I thought I had heard of everything,” said Gary Hearnsberger, head of the Hardcore Gang Division at the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.

Daley and the seven teenagers were charged with murder in the June 26 slaying.

Daley was jailed on $1 million bail and pleaded not guilty Tuesday. The teens, ages 14 to 17, face hearings to determine whether they will be tried as adults.

Winnemucca, Nev.

Fire pilot survives air tanker crash

A firefighting pilot was rescued after his small air tanker crashed in northern Nevada while he battled one of the dozens of wildfires tormenting the West, officials said Wednesday.

The AT-802A single-engine tanker was fighting a blaze south of Winnemucca when it went down Tuesday evening, said Jamie Thompson, spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The rescued pilot was pulled from the wreckage by firefighters.

“Other than being pretty well soaked with slurry and aviation fuel, he was OK,” Thompson said. “They cleaned him up and sent him home.”

Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Marine convicted for murder plot

A military jury on Wednesday convicted a Marine of kidnapping and conspiring to murder an Iraqi man in a bungled attempt to abduct and kill a suspected insurgent in Hamdania.

Cpl. Trent Thomas was acquitted of premeditated murder, making a false official statement, housebreaking and larceny.

Thomas, 25, was the first of seven Marines and a Navy corpsman to go to trial in the April 26, 2006 killing, which squad members tried to cover up by planting a gun near the victim after he was killed.

A sentencing hearing was scheduled to begin today.