After shooting her 27-year-old son in the chest after a dispute over a stopped lawnmower last year, the 44-year-old mother of Arkansas will serve a few years in prison.
Judge Tim Weaver of the Sixteenth Circuit Court last week sentenced Tabatha Lynn Pebler to three years in a state prison after she entered a guilty plea to one count of manslaughter in the death of Brandon Chrisco, according to court documents.
Pebler received a seven-year suspended sentence in addition. The court may order her to spend those years behind bars if she disobeys the terms of her release.
In relation to her son’s death, Pebler was first accused of second-degree murder and using a handgun while committing a crime. She entered a guilty plea to manslaughter, and the prosecution agreed to drop the other allegations against her.
In the afternoon of May 31, 2023, Fulton County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to a residence in the 100 block of Stonewood Road after Pebler called 911 and reported that she “had shot her son,” according to a probable cause affidavit.
Deputies present at the location Before bringing Pebler in for an interview, Mirandized her. Pebler reported to the police that the car became stuck while she was outdoors using her riding mower to trim the yard. Next, she went to pick up her son Chrisco.
According to Pebler, her son was “upset” that she had to assist her in freeing the stuck mower. Soon after, Pebler reported to the police that she repeatedly got the lawnmower stuck and called her son for assistance. She claimed that this time, Chrisco “shoved her off of the mower” after calling her a “b—-.”
“(Pebler) said she went to the car approximately two hundred and fifty (250) yards away, and got her pistol out of the console in the car,” as per the affidavit. “(Pebler) said that she took the short way to the vehicle and that (her son) had taken the long way. (Pebler) said that (her son) was still coming after her and she fired several warning shots. (Pebler) said that she then moved towards (her son) and fired a shot at him. (Pebler) said she was not meaning to kill him, she just wanted to scare him and stop.”
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According to the authorities, Crisco was shot in the upper left side of his chest, and the bullet went through his body. From the vicinity, several shell casings were recovered.
According to the evidence acquired from the incident, Pebler proceeded eighteen feet toward Chrisco and shot a round after taking her pistol from the car, according to the investigators. When her son was less than 20 feet away, she took another 52 feet to approach him and fired the fatal shot.
On Monday, Pebler was ordered to start serving her prison sentence.
