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Mum Arrested For Leaving Child In Car
06 June, 2008
Mum Arrested For Leaving Child In Car 13 March 2008
Mother's good deed costs her dear
Treffley Coyne was having a good day. Her husband had collected just over $8 dollars for charity in his office, so she drove into town with her children and one of their friends to find a charity to give to. Coyne stopped her car when she saw a Salvation Army charity collector and popped out with her two older daughters and a friend to donate the money. It was cold and sleeting, Coyne's two-year-old was sleeping, so she locked the car and stepped less than 10 yards away to put the money in the donation tin.
Unfortunately for Coyne when she turned to go back to the car she was accosted by a community service officer who promptly arrested her and charged her with child endangerment. The mother of three now faces a potential jail sentence and fine of $2500.
The case has caused uproar in the states with people coming out on both side – for and against the mother.
'She was on a tirade, she was yelling at me,' Treffley said of the community officer. Having called her husband who told her not to say anything more, the mum was handcuffed and sat in the back of a police car by the time he arrived on the scene.
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