Mom of California terrorist to plead to destroying evidence

(AP) The mother of a terrorist who killed 14 people in a 2015 attack on a Christmas party in California has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence by shredding a map her son may have used to plan the massacre, prosecutors announced Tuesday.

Rafia Sultana Shareef, 66, of Corona agreed to plead guilty to a charge of intending to impede a federal criminal investigation by altering, destroying and mutilating records, the U.S. attorney’s office said.

The crime carries a potential 20-year federal prison sentence, but under the plea agreement, Shareef is expected to receive no more than 18 months when she is … sentenced in U.S. District Court in Riverside.

Shareef, also known as Rafia Farook, is the mother of Syed Rizwan Farook.

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