Mike Browns Mother Arrested For Armed Robbery, Faces Felonies [VIDEO] Recently, Mike Browns mother Lesley McSpadden is fighting the media after it was revealed that she lead a group that actually beat and robbed vendors selling Justice for Michael Brown T-Shirts. According to reports, McSpadden led the group in mid-October. One of the vendors was McSpaddens former mother-in-law Pearlie Gordon, Michael Browns grandmother. She was hospitalized after being beaten with a pipe during the incident. Gordon claims that she was approached by McSpadden who yelled, You cant sell this s**t! Still, Gordon argued that unless she could product documentation stating that she had a patent on her sons name, she was going to continue to sell her merchandise. At the end of the struggle, $1,500 in merchandise and $400 in cash was stolen during the robbery. The case has been deemed felony armed robbery, meaning that McSpadden could be facing serious jail time if convicted. 