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Mom on trial for leaving child in car
UPI ^ | 03/12/08 | UPI

Posted on 03/12/2008 2:02:10 PM PDT by #1CTYankee

CHICAGO, March 12 (UPI) -- A suburban Chicago woman went on trial for briefly leaving her 2-year-old daughter in a locked car in order to put money in a Salvation Army kettle.

Treffly Coyne of Tinley Park faces up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine if a Cook County Court finds her guilty of child endangerment and obstruction of justice, The Tinley Park Star reported Wednesday.

Coyne drove her three daughters and a neighbor's child to a nearby Wal-Mart one evening in order to donate money to the Salvation Army.

Her 2-year-old daughter had fallen asleep on the ride so Coyne left her in the locked car while she and the other children deposited money in a kettle just 30 feet away. Minutes later she was arrested.

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To: FortWorthPatriot

yes it is a rent-a-cop :(


21 posted on 03/12/2008 3:43:15 PM PDT by DvdMom ( Drew Peterson Belongs In Jail Along With Nifong)
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To: FortWorthPatriot

The one rent a cop / security guard used his taser alot on a cheater in the episode of Cheaters . I Was Lol , did you see that episode ? I know they film Cheaters the tv show In Texas ...


22 posted on 03/12/2008 3:45:30 PM PDT by DvdMom ( Drew Peterson Belongs In Jail Along With Nifong)
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To: rednesss

If you don’t like it, then don’t click on the story.

It’s pretty easy if you try.


23 posted on 03/12/2008 3:48:09 PM PDT by Mr. Brightside ( Ronald Reagan Would Back McCain - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970504/posts)
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To: Paleo Conservative
was there a danger that the child would cook to death or freeze?

It was in the winter... Christmas time.... you know the time when people do charitable things like this woman and her children who got out of the car to put money in a Salvation Army kettle.

The mother said that the weather was sleeting and it was safter to leave the 2 year old in the car sleeping, than to wake her, haul her across an icy parking lot to make their charitable donation.

Good deeds never go unpunished.

24 posted on 03/12/2008 3:53:06 PM PDT by Mr. Brightside ( Ronald Reagan Would Back McCain - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970504/posts)
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To: Popman
She was 30 feet away.

The same distance between my refrigerator and my TV. I have done that as a parent.

Arrest me.

25 posted on 03/12/2008 3:54:20 PM PDT by Mr. Brightside ( Ronald Reagan Would Back McCain - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970504/posts)
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To: DvdMom
Unfortunately, the three other little girls, horrified to see their mother arrested, were not taken into protective custody.

If true, that is worse than what the mother did.

26 posted on 03/12/2008 4:01:09 PM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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To: rednesss
Searched, nothing found.

What was that about nanny state?

Rednees= Nanny.

27 posted on 03/12/2008 4:41:46 PM PDT by #1CTYankee (That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
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To: wideawake; Responsibility2nd

Freeper Responsibility2nd

posted the links on an earlier thread on the same subject which has the newspaper reporter saying the quote
( Unfortunately, the three other little girls, horrified to see their mother arrested, were not taken into protective custody. )

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-crestwood13dec13,1,4315152.story

http://www.prlog.org/10056450-treffly-coyne-is-fighting-for-families.html

33 posted on 03/12/2008 11:18:44 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd


28 posted on 03/12/2008 4:45:34 PM PDT by DvdMom ( Drew Peterson Belongs In Jail Along With Nifong)
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To: #1CTYankee

See post #7.


29 posted on 03/12/2008 4:46:10 PM PDT by rednesss (Fred Thompson - 2008)
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To: wideawake
"You are not allowed to abandon a child in an automobile."

This child was in a locked, alarmed vehicle 30 feet away, much more secure than a child 100 ft. away in her/his yard with a parent watching out the window.

Give me a break.

30 posted on 03/12/2008 4:50:02 PM PDT by #1CTYankee (That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
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To: maine-iac7
"By #1CTYankee's criteria, you would need to have your children on a leash or carry them in a backpack until they're school age... to be safe from arrest...because, otherwise, the distance to constitute 'abandonment' is totally the prerogative of the officer on scene. That would be a scary premise..."

I'll assume you read the article, that would be just that, not my comments.

Are you new here or just confused?

31 posted on 03/12/2008 4:53:15 PM PDT by #1CTYankee (That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
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To: Paleo Conservative
"The article doesn’t say what month this happened. Being Chicago, was there a danger that the child would cook to death or freeze?"

It was around Christmas time.

I think the child was dressed properly to sustain five minutes in a car.

Better than outside in the cold wouldn't you say?

32 posted on 03/12/2008 5:07:43 PM PDT by #1CTYankee (That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
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To: rednesss
"See post #7."

And your point is? I did a search, this function is less than stellar, so shoot me.

33 posted on 03/12/2008 5:11:20 PM PDT by #1CTYankee (That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
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To: wideawake
If true, that is worse than what the mother did.

All accounts appear to match up. The mother did nothing wrong.

34 posted on 03/12/2008 5:14:02 PM PDT by ShadowDancer ( Losers always look for excuses. Winners never quit.)
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To: rednesss
1. Different story, different source on same incident

2, And it'll keep getting posted until the copsuckers notice it and turn it into a mega thread.

35 posted on 03/12/2008 5:42:38 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (NO I don't tag sarcasm)
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