Angelina Deabreu, the woman accused of covering up a shooting involving her teenage son, has agreed to a plea deal that could put her behind bars for 6 years.
The agreement came on the fourth day of trial in Luzerne County Court, just after Judge David W. Lupas dismissed charges of corruption of minors and making false reports to police about the fatal shooting of Tyler Winstead, 14, of Wilkes-Barre.
Prosecutors had already rested their case. Deabreu's attorneys, Tom Marsilio and Larry Kansky, were expected to start calling witnesses this afternoon.
Instead, Deabreu agreed to plead guilty to a single count of evidence tampering and two counts of hindering apprehension, all second-degree misdemeanors.
Deabreu backed out of a plea deal last year when she learned prosecutors were seeking jail time. She faces up to 3 to 6 years in prison for the charges in the plea deal, according to state sentencing guidelines.
Prosecutors met with Winstead's family as they worked on the deal this afternoon. At one point, First Assistant District Attorney Sam Sanguedolce summoned Winstead's grandparents and other relatives for a discussion in a side room.
Tyler Winstead's grandmother, Carol Golden, walked out of the meeting with her arms folded and said: "I can't deal with it. I can't."
"She's getting away with it," Golden said.