Vigilante Mother Held on Drug Charges
From Times Wire Reports
A vigilante mother who shot and killed her son’s accused molester in court eight years ago was being held Tuesday on drug charges.
Ellie Nesler was arrested while trying to buy methamphetamine-making supplies from an undercover officer, said an assistant Tuolumne County district attorney.
Nesler gained notoriety in 1993 when she walked into a Mother Lode courtroom and gunned down Daniel Driver during his trial on charges of molesting her son at a Christian camp.
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