Authorities in Georgia arrested and charged a 36-year-old girl after a viral video confirmed her 12-year-old son contained in the trunk of a passenger automobile that was being pushed on the roadway. Per Atlanta Information First, the suspect, recognized as Diana Denise Shaffer, has since been charged with reckless conduct and a seat belt violation.
In an announcement, the Gwinnett County Police stated a lady on February 25 filed a report a few video she had seen on social media. The video in query confirmed a minor within the trunk of a Dodge automobile that was shifting on a roadway. In addition to the minor, there was additionally a big object within the trunk of the passenger automobile, the assertion stated, including that the license plate was out-of-state.
An investigation into the case was subsequently launched, and authorities in the end noticed the identical automobile round Nice Hill Street and Shackleford Street on February 26.
“The detective recognized the registered proprietor and met together with her on February 27 at her dwelling in Duluth,” the assertion stated. “The merchandise within the trunk was a child bassinet not too long ago bought by means of a web-based market commercial, and the kid (boy, age 12) was sitting within the trunk to assist maintain the merchandise in place.”
Shaffer was booked into the Gwinnett County Jail that very same day, and a member of the family was subsequently granted temporal custody of her son till she bonded out of jail the next day, the assertion stated.
This incident comes after a Detroit aunt was equally arrested and charged after her nieces and nephew had been noticed hanging out of her automobile home windows whereas she was driving. The suspect, recognized as Ashjunaria Virginia Townsend, additionally filmed the February 10 incident, FOX 2 Detroit reported.
Two of the feminine minors seen hanging out of Townsend’s automobile home windows are each aged 10 whereas the opposite lady is 9 years outdated. The suspect’s nephew is 5 years outdated. The suspect, who was in the end arrested on February 19, has since been charged with second-degree little one abuse and reckless driving.
Regardless of expressing remorse over her actions, Townsend stated she was driving at solely 2 miles per hour when the minors had been hanging out of her automobile home windows.
