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Woman Accused Of Taking Kids Around To Fire BB Guns At Car Windows

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- A Suffolk County woman stood charged Saturday with encouraging her young teenage children to fire a BB gun at car the windows of parked cars CBS 2's Steve Langford reported.

Susan Becker, 43, of East Northport, was arrested after police allegedly learned she had been driving around with her 13-year-old son, her 15-year-old daughter and another 15-year-old boy, encouraging them to shoot out car windows with a BB gun she had bought for them.

Woman Accused Of Taking Kids Around To Fire BB Guns At Car Windows

Police had been investigating more than 60 incidents of car windows being shot out in Commack, Hauppauge, and Islandia over the past two weeks.

One woman told WCBS 880's Sophia Hall she had not one, but two vehicles damaged.

"I'm actually stunned to hear that a mom drove her children around to do such harm to others," she said.

A man told Miller a BB gunshot missed his white sport-utility vehicle in his driveway, and instead busted the window on his garage.

"Crazy mom," he said. "What mom would instruct their children to do that? It's crazy."

Becker was arrested late Friday afternoon, and charged with multiple counts of criminal mischief and endangering the welfare of a child. She was arraigned in Suffolk County First District Court on Saturday, bail was set at $30,000.

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