VA woman charged with leaving kids in hot car turns self in - while leaving kids in car a 2nd time

AL.com ^ | 6/10/2015 | Crystal Bonvillian

[day10]

A Virginia woman charged with leaving her one of her two children inside her hot car last month apparently did not learn her lesson the first time, leaving the children in the car again on Monday as she turned herself in to authorities.

Laquanda Newby of Henrico, Va., now faces three counts of contributing to the delinquency or abuse of a child, reports CBS 6 out of Richmond. Newby was initially accused of leaving one of the children, ages 6 and 1, inside the car as she shopped at Sam's Club on May 26.

When she showed up at the Henrico County Courthouse on Monday to turn herself in on a warrant, she left both children in the car in 90-degree weather, the news station reports.

Surveillance video from outside the courthouse showed that the children had been in the car, with the windows up and the car keys on the floorboard, for more than an hour by the time sheriff's deputies got them out.

"Their shirts were wet, sweat rolling off their brows," Henrico Sheriff's Capt. David Kinkle told CBS 6. "They seemed to be OK, but it was very hot."

The deputies brought the children into the courthouse and gave them water and snacks until their father could pick them up. Newby was booked into the jail, where she was later denied bond.

[day10]

SMH

[arthurus]

Laquanda.

[Alex Murphy]

Laquanda???

[goseminoles]

Laquanda?

[Tigerized]

Laquanda.

Don’t even need to read further, now.

[Night Hides Not]

She’s not Amish...trust me.

[MHGinTN]

Some people just need to get out of the gene pool.

[oh8eleven]

... and gave them water and snacks until their father could pick them up.
They found the father? Wow, great police work.

[goseminoles]

LOL

[oh8eleven]

She’s not Amish...trust me.
Trust but verify ...

[grania]

You can’t fix stupid

[Lurkinanloomin]

Henrico County has a top notch police department, fire department, too for that matter.

[Secret Agent Man]

Laquanda.

Explains everything.

[WayneS]

No matter how long she’s been a member, she’ll always be a Newby.

[kjam22]

“You kids wait in the car.... I gotsta go in and go to jail for a while. I’ll be back whenst they let me out.”

[tgusa]

Laquanda needs to have her EBT card zeroized.

[umgud]

It’s so inconvenient to get the little tykes out of the car. I hope she at least used a car-seat.

[cuban leaf]

Being scatterbrained is about to become a felony. Kinda sad, really.

[tgusa]

How much would you bet that one of her female offspring would be named ‘FeMaeley’?

[arthurus]

“Laquanda” sounds like it came from a catchy Mexican song of the last century.