Police accused a Virginia woman of child neglect because she left her children in a running car.
Lavita Brown, 25, says she was only inside the Wawa store in Chesterfield, Virginia for about two minutes Friday, January 17, 2014, as she got candy, drinks and cigarettes according to our sister station WTVR. She left her one-year-old and two-year-old in the car.
“My car was parked right by the window. I could see my headlights. I couldn’t see my kids but I could see my headlights,” Brown said.
She said she was stopped by a police officer as she left the store, and that the officer questioned her and then charged her with two misdemeanor counts of child neglect.
“I wasn’t neglecting them. I didn’t mean any harm just by running in the store to get candy, drinks, and my cigarettes,” Brown said. “Whenever I do have to go to the store from now on, to avoid any problems, I will have them in the store with me at all times. This is a big lesson.”
