Raquel Carreras was a cheerleader at Northeast High School cheerleader. Mom Lesa Ledesma has pleaded to manslaughter for letting her son Shawn drive You see, Shawn was 15, too young to drive. Raquel was just 14 years old. Ledesma agreed to 30 days jail, 5 years probation with 2 years house arrest. Without that plea agreement on a trial set to start today, she would have faced upwards of 15 years in prison for Raquel Carreras ’s death.
Michelle Carreras’ mother, Raquel’s mom, asked for and got Ledesma to serve her jail sentence over Christmas, pay $5000 restitution for funeral services, and draft an apology. the Ledesma’s attorney said the following to the court: “This was a tragedy. She’s truly sorry for her part in it. If she could take back her actions of giving her keys to (her son) she would do it.” Shawn Ledesma has reportedly pleaded to vehicular homicide.