Man Charged with Killing 81-Year-Old Mother in Hemet

BANNING (CNS) - A convicted felon accused of killing his 81-year-old mother at her Hemet home was charged with murder and other offenses today.Ricardo D. Tucker was arrested Friday following a Hemet Police Department investigation into the slaying of 81-year-old Lee Tucker.Along with murder, the defendant is charged with elder abuse and sentence-enhancing allegations of using a deadly weapon in the commission of a felony and inflicting great bodily injury on a dependent adult.Tucker is being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta and was slated to make his initial court appearance Tuesday afternoon at the Banning Justice Center.According to Lt. Michael Mouat of the Hemet Police Department, patrol officers were sent to the victim's residence
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