A Vandenberg Village mother charged with felony false imprisonment, who is also at the center of a missing child investigation, will have her electronic monitoring discontinued and the felony charge against her dismissed.

Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Stephen Dunkle made the ruling Thursday in a Lompoc courtroom following more than two hours of testimony in Ashlee Buzzard's preliminary hearing.

The hearing was the third, and now final, in just over a week following Buzzard’s Nov. 7 arrest.

Media was only allowed to take pictures during the hearing. No video or audio recording was permitted and pictures of the alleged victim were also prohibited.

The felony charge stemmed from a Nov. 6 incident at Buzzard’s Mars Avenue home involving a man identified as Tyler S. Brewer. In c

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