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Police: Mom left boy in hot car while taking pet to vet
ajc.com ^ | 7-20-09 | By MEGAN MATTEUCCI

Posted on 07/20/2009 4:32:54 PM PDT by rawhide

Deputies say a Cumming woman was concerned enough to take her sick pet to the veterinarian, but left her 22-month-old son alone in a hot SUV.

Dawn Myers, 38, was arrested on charges of cruelty to children.

Deputies were called to a Cumming vet’s office on Thursday for a report of a child unattended inside a Ford Expedition, said Capt. Frank Huggins, spokesman for the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office.

“The child was in the car for 30-40 minutes,” Huggins said. “The engine was not running and the windows were rolled up.”

Myers took her two other children inside the vet’s office, but left the baby alone in his car seat, Huggins said.

Paramedics rescued the baby and transported him to Northside Hospital-Forsyth. He was treated and released to relatives, Huggins said.

Deputies said the temperature in the Expedition was around 90 degrees.

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1 posted on 07/20/2009 4:32:55 PM PDT by rawhide
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To: rawhide

This is what happens when children are made equal with pets.


2 posted on 07/20/2009 4:34:05 PM PDT by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: rawhide
What the flaming heck is wrong with people?

And don't give me that "oh he was in the back seat" bit. So was at least one of the other kids and she didn't forget them

3 posted on 07/20/2009 4:35:25 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (I miss the competent fiscal policy and flag waving patriotism of the Carter Administration)
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Deputies say a Cumming woman was concerned enough to take her sick pet to the veterinarian ....

I've heard of multitasking, but this one takes the cake!

4 posted on 07/20/2009 4:38:44 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("Baldrick, to you the Renaissance was just something that happened to other people, wasn't it?")
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"Last month, deputies arrested Krystal Whitehead, 25, after she left 5-month-old son a car while she shopped in Cumming, Huggins said. The temperatures inside Whitehead’s car topped 95 degrees, deputies said."

WTH?

5 posted on 07/20/2009 4:38:46 PM PDT by BossLady ("WE are the origin of all coming evil" ~~ Carl Jung~~)
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To: netmilsmom

Obviously, this is what happens when children are less equal than pets.


6 posted on 07/20/2009 4:38:51 PM PDT by kempster
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

What I would like to know, is who is it that would call the cops, but not go around and find the owner of the car? It would be alot faster, I mean who else knew the child was in the car for 30 minutes but the person who called the cops.

I don’t get that.


7 posted on 07/20/2009 4:39:22 PM PDT by TruthConquers (Delendae sunt publicae scholae)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
she didn't forget if she pulled the other kids out
8 posted on 07/20/2009 4:39:31 PM PDT by GeronL (UnitedCitizen.Blogspot.Com --------- United Citizens Nation! ------------- Join Today!)
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To: rawhide

I guess you don’t have to have an IQ above room temperature to have kids.


9 posted on 07/20/2009 4:39:37 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (I AM JIM THOMPSON!)
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To: rawhide

Can’t someone leave Ozero in a hot car??????


10 posted on 07/20/2009 4:40:30 PM PDT by Doc Savage (SOBAMP!)
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To: rawhide

She is beyond a reasonable doubt: guilty!!!!


11 posted on 07/20/2009 4:42:25 PM PDT by yield 2 the right
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To: TruthConquers

Find the owner? Wait for the cops?
I would have called 911, informed them of the situation, and told them I was smashing a window to save the child. (Yes, I would rest easy in jail for vandalism/destruction of private property/etc. to save a child)


12 posted on 07/20/2009 4:44:34 PM PDT by CHATTAB
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

“What the flaming heck is wrong with people?”

I don’t know, but it’s really sad. Another really sad thing: I am no longer shocked or surprised by this kind of thing anymore. At some point in my life, this country took a bad turn. It wasn’t always like this.-—JM


13 posted on 07/20/2009 4:45:59 PM PDT by Jubal Madison (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: rawhide

Obama voter. Animals are more important than children.


14 posted on 07/20/2009 4:47:42 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Obama. Clear and Pres__ent Danger.)
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To: CHATTAB

I understand.

BUT, how do they know the child was in there for 30 to 40 minutes?

I can only think that the person who finally did call, knew how long the child was in there, and waited those 30 minutes THEN they called.

I don’t get that.


15 posted on 07/20/2009 4:48:51 PM PDT by TruthConquers (Delendae sunt publicae scholae)
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To: rawhide

Guilty, and stupid as well. A candidate for sterilization.


16 posted on 07/20/2009 4:50:16 PM PDT by taillightchaser (When a democrat says "The American people" you know the next words out of his mouth will be lies.)
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To: TruthConquers

So instead of calling 911, you would have someone go searching for the scumbag not knowing where she was or how long the child had been in the car?

Call 911 and tell them it is an emergency makes perfect sense. They can be there in a few minutes which it would take a lot longer to find the scumbag.


17 posted on 07/20/2009 4:50:18 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (Mary Fallin - OK Gov/Coburn/Rubio - Senate 2010 !)
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To: netmilsmom
"This is what happens when children are made equal with pets."

NO.....THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A PERSON IS STUPID AND EITHER HAS TOO MANY KIDS OR TOO MUCH GOING ON, AND THIS PERSON FORGETS OR IS DISTRACTED, OR IS JUST PLAIN STUPID.

Don't EVEN go there!!!

18 posted on 07/20/2009 4:51:38 PM PDT by NordP ("....He pulls a knife, U pull a gun. He sends 1 of urs 2 hosp U send his 2 morgue = Chicago Way")
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To: TruthConquers; CHATTAB

Ahhh...maybe the police interviewed the staff at the Vet’s office (maybe they make pts sign in upon arrival to keep track of wait times). The person who called, I doubt actually waited 30 minutes and then dialed 911.


19 posted on 07/20/2009 4:53:40 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom (7-27-09 Sarah Palin Independence Day!)
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To: PhiKapMom

I don’t get HOW they know the child was in the car for 30 to 40 minutes.

Just a question.


20 posted on 07/20/2009 4:55:05 PM PDT by TruthConquers (Delendae sunt publicae scholae)
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