A mother of four in Arizona was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for driving her pickup truck through a park full of kids and running over a 12-year-old girl, the Maricopa County Attorney's Office announced.
Brandie Gotch, 31, was sentenced June 13 after pleading guilty to three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon earlier this year.
On Feb. 27, 2024, Gotch's children were fighting with each other at Westgreen Park in Peoria, according to a county attorneys' office release. Other kids at the park were "egging" the kids on and recording the fight.
Gotch went to the park to pick up her kids, and while she was walking them back to her truck, a boy called her a name. Gotch responded by going over to the boy and pulling him by his hair, the release said. Then another boy called her a name, so she chased him around the park with a stick.
Court records said that while chasing the boy, Gotch yelled, "I am going to kill you and run you over!"
