A Kalispell man who admitted in September to cutting his mother’s brake lines might see jail time after Flathead District Judge Amy Eddy on Thursday rejected a plea deal between prosecutors and defense attorneys.  

The plea agreement called for Corey Jonathan Woods, 23, to serve a three-year deferred sentence for cutting the brake lines after a heated argument on June 15. That would have been followed by a two-year deferred sentence for felony possession of dangerous drugs — Woods was found with methamphetamine on March 5.

At a Thursday hearing, Woods’ mother, Cacheral Delorean, asked for an eight-year sentence with three years suspended.

She said her son’s act was deliberate and meant to kill or injure her.

“Corey had motive,” Delorean said. “He had intention. He had knowledge and he took action.”

Delorean described her terror as she descended a hill and found that her son had cut her brake lines with a knife. “I went to brake and I had absolutely no brakes,” Delorean said.

She was able to downshift and eventually come to a stop safely.

Delorean said her son would benefit from anger management classes.

“He has absolutely no impulse control,” Delorean said.

Although Woods claimed when he entered his guilty plea that his relationship with his mother had been repaired, the relationship appeared strained on Thursday as Delorean was escorted from the courtroom by an officer because of concerns about her safety.

Judge Eddy, who was serving her first day on the bench, told Woods that he has a right to be sentenced by Judge Stewart Stadler, who originally took his guilty plea.

Stadler also has indicated that he would impose a harsher sentence, Eddy said. Eddy said Stadler did recommend drug treatment and mental health evaluations be conducted prior to sentencing on Jan. 21.

Reporter Megan Strickland can be reached at 758-4459 or [email protected].