Officials have asked TLS to publish a public awareness announcement following an incident earlier this week where a Lakewood woman was arrested after leaving her child in a vehicle while she shopped. The woman was taken into custody in Howell after a patrolling officer noticed the child in an unattended vehicle in a parking lot. The woman was released a short time later.
Officials are asking the community to take the offense very seriously and never leave children unattended, even if it’s for a short while.
In another incident many years ago:
My young daughter was left off the bus. I was in my car behind some. I then saw my daughter get in some mini van. It was unreal. I didn’t think I saw correctly. I wasn’t taking any chances. I followed the van like mad. It turned out that a neighbor took my daughter somewhere. I think the neighbor did so, so that my daughter should not be left alone. “Big favor.” Scared me half to death!
Don’t worry about any of these dozens of stories happening to you, it only happens to other people