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child TOWED AWAY
Tow-truck drivers charged after towing away a baby
Date published: 12/9/2008
BY KEITH EPPS Two tow-truck drivers were charged with felonies Sunday after they towed away a vehicle without realizing there was a small child inside, police said. The Patriot Towing employees didn't realize their early afternoon mistake until getting back to the business with the vehicle, a Mazda Protege, Stafford Sheriff's spokesman Bill Kennedy said. The employees immediately called the Sheriff's Office and reported what happened. That call came four minutes after the 2-year-old girl's mother called to report a stolen car and missing child. According to police, the towing employees were on the lookout for improperly parked vehicles in the Thomas Jefferson Place complex in south Stafford when the baby's mother double-parked in front of her mother's car in the 1200 block of Thomas Jefferson Place. The mother told police that she ran into the residence about 12:45 p.m. to talk to some people and left the car running and unlocked. The child was in a car seat in the back. The woman said she came out about five minutes later, and the car was gone. She immediately called 911. Four minutes later, the mystery was solved. The employees apparently had not looked inside the car before hooking it up. The business is about six miles from where the car was towed, police said. Jason Bryant, 25, of Spotsylvania and Derek Miller, 21, of Stafford were both charged with felony child endangerment. Bryant, the driver, was placed in the Rappahannock Regional Jail under a $1,000 bond. Miller was released on an unsecured bond. The child, who was unharmed, was turned over to her mother. Kennedy said he isn't sure what happened to the car. Keith Epps: 540/374-5404
Read more stories about Stafford Date published: 12/9/2008
Mom was arrested yesterday
(posted by
Mojomama
, Dec. 11, 2008 10:25 am)
According to a news release of Stafford Co. Sheriff:
December 10, 2008 The Stafford County Sheriff's Office reports the arrest of Savannah Mayhew, age 22, of Spotsylvania County. Ms. Mayhew has been charged with 1 Count of Child Endangerment.
I support Patriot
(posted by
shetows2
, Dec. 10, 2008 4:08 pm)
Why is EVERYONE against Patriot Towing? Is it that you've had your vehicle impounded for improper parking? If you had you car repo'd, would you hate the repo company and talk bad about them too? I guess the lady that I picked up her car last week should hgate me for impounding her car for a DUI. Think about the facts - SHE left her KID in the car, totally unattended and running in a not so safe neighborhood. SHE should have been arrested. The drivers were just doing their job.
really
(posted by
lifeisbeautiful
, Dec. 10, 2008 8:39 am)
I really agree!
felons??
(posted by
really
, Dec. 10, 2008 1:23 am)
First, this may be hard to believe but some parents have never left their kids in the car, out of sight. Second - I just can't get over how these driver's lives have been turned upside down for endangering a child they didn't see - a child that was placed in harm's way by the mother. She knew the child was alone, out of sight, in an unlocked running car. The child is fine, the mother gets away with it... and this guy spends time in jail and now has a felony arrest on his record?! That's ridiculous!
HELLO!! what was mom thinking!!
(posted by
, Dec. 9, 2008 8:53 pm)
Patriot towing...ughh..enough said! Mom, OMG ...gone only 5 minutes, sure you were, doors unlocked, keys in the car, car running...man some might say it was your lucky day that it was a tow company and not some SICKO!!
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