A former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy has been charged with filing a false police report against her ex-husband and firing a weapon in her Westminster home that endangered nearby children.

The 43-year-old, is accused of falsely reporting to Huntington Beach police Nov. 18 that her ex-husband was sexually assaulting a 13-year-old female relative, the Orange County district attorney's office said.

She allegedly lied about the incident because she was upset over custody issues.

Bojorquez was a sheriff's deputy at the time of the alleged crimes but left the department.

Bojorquez is currently on probation for two DUI convictions in Orange County, the district attorney's office said.

Bojorquez is charged with firing a weapon in her home. The bullet shattered a window and hurtled toward a frontyard where children were playing, prosecutors said. They allege that Bojorquez showed disregard for the safety of the youngsters, who were directly in the line of fire. Her brother and fiance were in the home at the time of the shooting and called police.

She was charged Thursday with a felony count of discharging a firearm with gross negligence and a misdemeanor count of filing a false police report, prosecutors said.
She was released on her own recognizance.

She is scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 24 at the courthouse in Westminster.