The gangbanging son of a Westchester County police bigwig had a Bronx court date just minutes before he allegedly opened fire on a rival – with his cop mom and ex-con dad as getaway drivers, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Chase Lackard, 20, faced a judge on a 2024 gun rap just 20 minutes before the alleged June 29 drive-by gang shooting – with help from his mom, disgraced Mount Vernon Deputy Police Commissioner Jennifer Lackard, and drug-dealing dad James Lackard, according to prosecutors.
“He’s captured on cameras running into this courthouse,” Bronx Assistant District Attorney Keturah Ladd told the judge. “He had a court date and a court appearance on the third floor of this building.”
Momma’s boy Chase Lackard, a reputed member of the “Slutty Gang,” was ordered held without bail
Jennifer Lackard, 49, a former member of Bronx Community Board 9, was hired in 2020 to run the suburban department’s Wellness Unit, and was fired from the job after her arrest.
Also named in the Bronx indictment is her drug-dealing ex, James Lackard, who served 10 years in federal prison for peddling heroin in North Carolina — but remains on the lam.
According to sources and news reports, Jennifer Lackard co-founded and ran a North Carolina nonprofit with her ex-con hubby, which was shut down after James Lackard’s conviction.
Jennifer Lackard moved north and joined the Bronx community board and started a new nonprofit in the borough, Re-Entry Link LLC, before she was hired to the newly created position by Mount Vernon Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard.
It is not immediately clear why Patterson-Howard hired Lackard despite her checkered past, affiliation with an ex-con and lack of experience in law enforcement.
The mayor’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
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According to Lackard’s Facebook profile, she is a member of Grace Baptist Church, a politically influential Mount Vernon congregation which is also attended by Patterson-Howard.
Jennifer Lackard was arraigned on the indictment Tuesday, with bail set at $75,000.
Her troublemaking son already had two open gun possession cases on his rap sheet before the shooting, one in Manhattan and the Bronx case he was in court for before the June 29 shooting.
According to lohud.com, Lackard had a base salary of $125,000, but online payroll records show she took home $138,219 last year.
