DAUGHTER OFF TOO LIGHTLY, SAYS MOM.Byline: Janet Gilmore Daily News Staff Writer The mother of a woman sentenced to home detention for her role in a Westlake Village bank robbery The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. Bank robbery is the crime of robbing a bank. said Tuesday the judge was too lenient le·ni·ent adj. Inclined not to be harsh or strict; merciful, generous, or indulgent: lenient parents; lenient rules. and should have sent her daughter to prison. ``I just don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if she's going to learn a lesson by this,'' Debbie Garibay said. Tabetha Garibay Hoult, a former Pepperdine University Pepperdine University is a private institution of higher learning affiliated with the Church of Christ in unincorporated Los Angeles County, California, United States. The university's location overlooks the Pacific Ocean and is adjacent to the city limits of Malibu. soccer player who pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact in the December robbery, was spared a prison sentence when a federal judge considered factors including the 21-year-old's troubled home life. But Garibay, 42, contends that the problems at home were misrepresented and offer no excuse for her daughter's behavior. ``For my family to say that this is why my daughter robbed a bank is ludicrous,'' she said. ``It truly had nothing to do with the bank robbery.'' The mother acknowledged that she had become romantically involved with her daughter's 21-year-old male friend. Tabetha had said she had a hard time dealing with it. But Debbie Garibay said the news of her affair came weeks after the robbery. The mother also disputed a probation report Ask a Lawyer Question Country: United States of America State: California I was reading through my husbands probabtion report. finding that Tabetha was saddled with the responsibility of raising her younger siblings after her mother left her husband. ``A lot of people have dealt with a lot and don't rob banks,'' she added. ``I'm tired of playing the heavy.'' Tabetha Hoult and her father, Joe Garibay, did not return a phone call Tuesday. Defense attorney Cornell Price also declined to comment, calling the matter ``a family affair.'' The Garibays are now divorced. Debbie said she has parted from her younger suitor SUITOR. One who is a party to a suit or action in court. One who is a party to an action. In its ancient sense, suitor meant one Who was bound to attend the county court, also, one who formed part of the secta. (q.v.) , and is returning to her maiden name maiden name n. A woman's family name before she is married. Used of a surname that is replaced by a woman when she marries. Also called birth name. of Roach. The mother of six has regular visits with her elementary school-age children but her relationship with the older ones remains strained. Debbie Garibay believes her daughter and Todd Hoult robbed the bank to quickly raise cash to pay six months' rent on an apartment where they hoped to live. Hoult, who pleaded guilty to armed robbery, was sentenced to 57 months in prison. The robber and accomplice accomplice: see accessory. married in July. ``I feel more bad for her husband because from the beginning he felt remorse,'' Debbie Garibay said. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Debbie Garibay says family woes had nothing to do wit h the bank robbery her daughter was involved in. David Crane/Daily News |
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