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High-ranking police official and ex-con husband helped gangbanger son flee drive-by shooting: Prosecutors

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A high-ranking law enforcement official in New York state and her husband have been arrested after prosecutors alleged they helped their son flee the scene of a shooting that targeted a suspected rival gang member in a getaway vehicle. Jennifer Lackard, 49, was employed as the deputy commissioner of wellness for the Mount Vernon Police Department. 'It is stunning that this public official would jeopardize her position and reputation to be involved in this alleged conspiracy.' Lackard and her 20-year-old son, Chase Lackard, were arrested around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday following the execution of a search warrant at the family's Bronx apartment, according to WCBS-TV . Jennifer Lackard pleaded not guilty. James Lackard, Jennifer's 47-year-old husband, turned himself in to the 44th Precinct station house in the Bronx around 8:30 a.m. Thursday, according to the New York Post . WCBS reported that the trio was charged with attempted murder, three counts of attempted assault, six counts of weapons po