Police: Baby Left In Fla. Heat While Mom Shops

[The Straight Story]

Police: Baby Left In Fla. Heat While Mom Shops

PORT ORANGE, Fla. -- A 29-year-old Central Florida woman is accused of leaving her 6-month-old son in a car with the windows rolled up in the Florida heat while she shopped, according to police.

Officers said several teen girls noticed the baby boy strapped in a seat inside a car parked at a shopping center off Nova Road and Port Orange.

They said the child was drenched in sweat and his face was red from the heat.

"He was screaming and kicking," rescuer Caitlyn Meierer said. "I mean he was hot and sweating. He was just drenched with sweat and tears from crying. That is what scared us the most is because he looked hot. He was bright red."

http://www.local6.com/news/13859107/detail.html

[proud patriot]

1. The mother's response is awful

x(

[AlCzervik]

2. and she claims "He was in the car for 5 minutes" and she thinks that makes it ok?

idiot. You do not leave children alone in a car for 5 minutes or 5 hours.

[proud patriot]

4. My feelings exactly

:grr:

[karlrschneider]

6. Only 5 minutes. Oh, well, then...that's just ducky. And how long does it take to snatch a kid?

:eyes: :grr: :mad: :puke:

[karlrschneider]

3. GRRR

:mad:

[never_get_over_it]

5. With all due respect to Central FL DUers

I live here and I can tell you most of the people are dumb as shit - guess this idiot woman is one of the dumb ones.....

I moved here almost three years and the supidity here has been stunning along with the racism which is a form of stupidity....

[bluedog]

9. I totally agree n/t

[Sarah Ibarruri]

14. I live in Florida and I can vouch for that. LOTS of uneducated, poor, mentally ill people.

I guess no different than lots of the other poor states.

[never_get_over_it]

17. That may be true

but unfortunately there are MANY willfully ignorant people here that are not uneducated, poor or metally ill - and most of them are my neighbors - these folks are selfish, greedy, unfriendly and STUPID. I unfortunately moved into a gated community - not because I was particularly interested in the gate but just happened to like the house I bought - and A LOT of these folks in this gated community think they are pretty darn special...and you know what THEY ARE NOT.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

20. Absolutely! I agree with you there as well. nt

[Wiley50]

7. My Sister in Daytona Emailed Today that it was 113 degrees there yesterday n/t

[karlrschneider]

10. Her thermometer is out of calibration.

n/t

[never_get_over_it]

11. I have to agree

I live about an hour south of Daytona and it was no where near 113 yesterday - maybe 93 - maybe the thermometer was in direct sun or something....

[karlrschneider]

12. I'm pretty sure the actual temperature in central florida has never reached 100.

I lived in Tampa for 18 years. It gets -hot-, for sure and damned humid, but...not 113. Never happened.
:hi:

[trof]

8. "Jeez, he wasn't even up to medium rare."

I dunno.
I just dunno.
:-(

[Ron Green]

13. Florida again. I'm keepin' track.

[Karenina]

15. The kids are alright!!!

They saved that infant's LIFE. GOOD ON THEM!!!

[tammywammy]

16. And the mother saying "it was only 5 minutes" makes it even worse

Who leaves a baby unattended...wait we know this mother. What an idiot. At least the child was okay and thank god for those teenagers seeing the child!

[jackstraw45]

18. Credit to those teen girls = probably saved the kid's life.

Sad thing is this dope of a mom will probably do it again next week....social services anyone?

Oh wait, it's Florida we're talking about....

:sarcasm:

[MikeNearMcChord]

19. Take the child away from her, End of Story!

I could say more, but not without cursing.