As long time criminal defense investigator, I can’t help but notice a foul odor connected to the arrest by Lapd officers of rock star Scott Shriner’s wife Jillian. Jillian Shriner, better known by her pen name Jillian Lauren, is a bestselling author.
Not only was she arrested, but she suffered a gunshot wound inflicted by a cop.
This thing unfolded as cops were chasing a trio of black males in the LA suburb of Eagle Rock California. They ran from a freeway into the neighborhood. With all the sirens and commotion , apparently Jillian Shriner came out to her driveway gun in hand. Allegedly she fired her gun at the wanted suspects. Were they a threat to her? The only person that knows for sure is none other than Jillian Shriner. At some point cops claim she ignored multiple orders to drop her weapon. Cops claimed that she then fired her gun at them. Somehow this doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. The only thing that does make sense is because she was shot by a cop. They are going to have to justify their own gunplay. I’m not accusing the cops here because I simply don’t know what happened.
A very little of this story makes any sense whatsoever. If I was on the defense team, I would be all over the case like a cheap suit. Because of the seriousness of the charges, Jillian Shriner can spend decades behind bars. Her bail was astronomically set high at $1 million but she was able to post it and get released. Oh, and she had to get medical care for her shoulder gunshot wound.
Right now, she is set for a court appearance on April 30 in department 30 in downtown LA. It will be interesting to see what Lawyer will be handling her defense. It’s going to take a while before the police body am footage and police reports begin to publicly surface. Somehow, I suspect that the body cam footage that may or may not show justification for the police shooting will be unusually slow.
As a criminal defense investigator, this is exactly the kind of cases I specialize in handling.
