Police say 27-year-old charged with ill treatment and neglect of a child after bus driver spotted a bag moving
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Was she arrested for child endangerment or fare evasion? The article didn’t say. 😏
Seriously though, good thing she didn’t get hurt. That could’ve gone much much worse.
Child endangerment, interestingly it was the bus driver that called police.
Children under 3 can ride free if they sit on their parents’ lap.
Or in the suit case apparently