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# Man sentenced for stabbing his mother
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/man-sentenced-for-stabbing-his-mother/
- Published: 2003-07-26T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T02:39:14.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Crime, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

However, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Katherine Mader suspended that sentence and ordered Tyler Hurricane Ehrlich, 21, to serve five years in a locked mental health facility and five more years of formal probation.

Ehrlich, of Woodland Hills, was arrested on April 30, 2002, by Santa Monica police officers after stabbing his 52-year-old mother, Josina, in the arm and torso with a folding knife when she refused to give him the keys to her car.

The pair, which were standing on the sidewalk of the 600 block of Ashland Avenue at the time of incident, had traveled from LA to visit a friend in Santa Monica.

Residents who witnessed the attack called police to report what appeared to be a carjacking. Ehrlich fled the scene but officers found him on a nearby roof. After jumping off and giving chase, Ehrlich was eventually taken into custody.

Stephen Sitkoff, Ehrlich’s attorney, has said Ehrlich’s family does not blame their son for the stabbing incident. At the sentencing, Ehrlich’s mother asked for her son to be released but acknowledged that he needs medical help.

Ehrlich did not stand trial. He pleaded guilty on May 29 to attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, attempted carjacking and second degree robbery, said Sandi Gibbons, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office.

His case was heard at the Airport Courthouse near LAX.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 26, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/072603.pdf?ref=smdp.com)