Posted on 10/12/2007 1:46:21 PM PDT by socal_parrot
A Pinellas Park mother remained in jail Thursday afternoon on $5,000 bond after police said she held her 5-year-old son outside of an SUV because he was causing a disturbance.
The incident began just before midnight Wednesday on 43rd Street North in Pinellas Park and ended with the arrest of 27-year-old Christina Adams.
Witnesses said they watched in shock as Adams at some points forced the child to run beside the car to keep up.
"To hang a child out of a moving vehicle like that is absurd," witness Victor Concepcion said. "Just holding the baby out of the window and I was like 'Oh no ... no ... no.'
"So I walked out to the end of the street. They stopped the truck. She sets the kid down and grabs the kid's hand. They start driving away again and the kid's running, trying to keep up with the vehicle."
Minutes after Concepcion called 911, Pinellas Park police arrived at the corner of 66th Avenue and 43rd Street North.
"It was dispatched out to officers in the area to be on the lookout for a vehicle that had a child hanging from the outside of the passenger window," captain Sanfield Forseth of the Pinellas Park police said.
"The cops had stopped them," Concepcion said. "She got out and she was urinating on the side of his car and she was screaming and yelling obscenities."
After questioning Concepcion and another witness, police arrested Adams. She's charged with felony child abuse.
"She was not tested to find out what her level was, but we are pretty sure she was under the influence of alcohol at the time," Forseth said about Adams.
Adams made her first court appearance Thursday afternoon. The judge allowed bond for her on two conditions, she have no contact at all with her son until the Department of Family Services has fully investigated the case and says otherwise, and no alcohol consumption at all.
Concepcion said two other adults were also in the car with Adams. The driver, who police said could face charges for negligence, and another passenger in the backseat. The child was not injured and is in the custody of his uncle.
Adams has been booked by police before. In 1998 she was arrested on criminal mischief charges, and in 2001 she faced charges of disorderly intoxication.
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One day the toddler comes around the hall corner WITH MOM'S PIPE IN HER HAND. Instead of calling the cops and CPS, (meth-sis's) mom and dad took the pipe away, locked it in the safe, and said "don't ever do it again or we will turn this over to the police".
I have never seen two bigger enablers than her parents. They just don't get it. They think it is akin to throwing eggs at cars, or smoking cigarettes behind the barn.
I was wondering about that too - but I’m not sure I want to ask my wife to know the answer!
Ahhh childhood memories. Good Times, Good Times.
I'm not a Dr Laura or Dear Abby, but you should really consider turning her in before something tragic happens. Odds are, not much will happen to her except that she will get into the system and, hopefully, they will offer her help. If she does not want it [and she probably won't], fine. It's her choice. But they will almost certainly force her out of the same house as the child. I realize this is a bad situation for you, but if your fiance is going to side with her meth addict sister over you doing what's right for the welfare of that toddler, wouldn't you rather know now?
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