Teh One Who Knocks
05-13-2011, 04:49 PM
By JOE LAMBE - The Kansas City Star
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Johnson County prosecutors on Tuesday charged a Gardner woman with endangering a child for allegedly leaving a baby girl in her vehicle while trying to enter a bar topless.
The incident happened on Monday evening when the temperature was near 90 degrees.
Kristin Macias, also known as Kristin Lowrey, 28, of Gardner, pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor charge of endangerment related to her 9-month-old daughter.
She also has an unrelated pending charge for heroin possession. A man who answered the phone number she provided the court said today they do not want to discuss the case.
The manager of Austins Bar and Grill said today that the baby was found in her the woman’s vehicle after people at the bar turned her away when she tried to enter topless.
With hot weather coming in, Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe said his office will prosecute parents who leave children locked in cars.
More serious cases that injure or kill the child can be filed as felonies, he said.
Last year, a record 49 children died from heat stroke in the United States after being left in cars, KidsAndCars.org reports.
Amber Rollins, executive assistant with the Leawood group, said two children who were left in cars have already died this year southern states and one died in Puerto Rico.
The vast majority of the cases do not involve drugs or drinking, Rollins said, but people who simply forget the child is in the vehicle.
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Johnson County prosecutors on Tuesday charged a Gardner woman with endangering a child for allegedly leaving a baby girl in her vehicle while trying to enter a bar topless.
The incident happened on Monday evening when the temperature was near 90 degrees.
Kristin Macias, also known as Kristin Lowrey, 28, of Gardner, pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor charge of endangerment related to her 9-month-old daughter.
She also has an unrelated pending charge for heroin possession. A man who answered the phone number she provided the court said today they do not want to discuss the case.
The manager of Austins Bar and Grill said today that the baby was found in her the woman’s vehicle after people at the bar turned her away when she tried to enter topless.
With hot weather coming in, Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe said his office will prosecute parents who leave children locked in cars.
More serious cases that injure or kill the child can be filed as felonies, he said.
Last year, a record 49 children died from heat stroke in the United States after being left in cars, KidsAndCars.org reports.
Amber Rollins, executive assistant with the Leawood group, said two children who were left in cars have already died this year southern states and one died in Puerto Rico.
The vast majority of the cases do not involve drugs or drinking, Rollins said, but people who simply forget the child is in the vehicle.