Mother charged in attack on son's alleged DUI killer in Vegas courthouse

LAS VEGAS -- A woman said Thursday that she attacked a defendant in a Las Vegas courthouse because she was frustrated by postponements of his trial for the March 2014 vehicle death of her son.

"I just lost it," Lindona Thompson said. "It's been very hard on all the family and friends. We just want to get past this, and we can't."

Defendant Gary Richard Adair Jr. has pleaded not guilty to felony reckless driving and driving under the influence of drugs. He could face decades in prison if he's convicted. He's free on bail pending trial, which was reset to next March.

Prosecutors said the vehicle Adair was driving struck and killed Thompson's son, Kadar Brown, 38, while Brown was changing a flat tire on the U.S. 95 freeway in Las Vegas.

Thompson, 64, who became a great-grandmother in September, acknowledged hitting Adair "mainly in his back," when she said she encountered him in the hallway while on her way to the bathroom and he turned away from her.

She said she's 5-foot-2, has multiple sclerosis, and she didn't think her punches in the Nov. 5 scuffle hurt Adair.

Adair's lawyer, Daniel Martinez, called the attack unprovoked.

Martinez said Adair told him Thompson followed him out of the courtroom and began punching him in the back of the head.

Thompson said she received a summons to appear in court Dec. 31 on a misdemeanor battery charge. She could face six months in jail and a $1,000 fine if she's convicted.

"I was just so extremely frustrated. I just snapped," she said. "We just want to see him punished appropriately for what he did, and try and move on."