After locating and arresting the male suspect (now defendant who'd fled the scene), LBPD subsequently arrested the mother (on July 24.) In a release, the DA's office states:
The mother of a man reportedly involved in a fatal home invasion robbery was charged today, the Los
Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.
Ruby Adams [age 49]...is charged with her son Gus Adams in case NA099761 with first degree residential burglary and first degree residential robbery...
The felony complaint also contains a special allegation that Ruby Adams inflicted elder abuse in the
commission of the crime.
Prosecutors said on July 22 Ruby Adams served as a lookout while Gus Adams, 26, and accomplice
Andrea Miller, 28, reportedly broke into a home in Long Beach. The homeowner, an 80 year old man, walked in while Adams and Miller were burglarizing his home.
After the alleged burglars beat the victim, the elderly man armed himself with a handgun and fatally shot Miller.
Following the shooting, defendant Gus Adams fled the scene. Authorities were alerted about the robbery, located
Gus Adams and arrested him.
Two days after the incident, police also apprehended Ruby Adams in connection with the crime.
If convicted as charged, Ruby Adams faces a maximum sentence of seven years in state prison.
The case remains under investigation by the Long Beach Police Department.
