Lexington Woman To Be Arraigned For Leaving Child In Hot Van

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Updated: 8:58 AM Sep 7, 2008 Lexington Woman To Be Arraigned For Leaving Child In Hot Van ... Thirty-seven year old Tanuja Patel was arrested by police is accused of leaving her child in a van outside Bed, Bath & Beyond on Saturday afternoon. A witness said the vehicles' windows were rolled up and the engine was not running. Posted: 8:40 AM Sep 7, 2008

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LEXINGTON, KY -- A Lexington woman charged with allegedly leaving her three-year old child in a hot van Saturday will be arraiged in Fayette District Court tomorrow (Monday).

Thirty-seven year old Tanuja Patel was arrested by police, accused of leaving the child in the van outside Bed, Bath & Beyond.

A witness told police she saw the child asleep in a car seat, the van was not running and the windows were rolled up. The incident occured about 3:pm. in the parking lot outside the Nicholasville Road store.

Patel was taken to the Fayette County Detention Center and later released on $5-thousand dollars cash bond. She is to be arraigned at 1pm.

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Posted by: crutcher Location: Illinois on Sep 16, 2008 at 08:02 PM

Everyone is blaming Bed Bath and Beyond. How can you blame a company when all the people they can hire in kentucky have a similar intelligence of the mother. They do not hire PHDs to work in stores usually. Does everyone boycott Mc Donalds for an employee mistake that they make? From what it sounds like Bed Bath and Beyond have a policy for the employees to not get involved with problems in the parking lot and that is probably for the employees safety. I am sure in the policy it did not state that the police should not be called if needed. Get a brain.
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Posted by: Mom of Four on Sep 10, 2008 at 05:57 PM

HP, What exactly is this mother's story? It is a felony in the state of Kentucky to leave a young child unattended in a car. It may be legal to do so in other places, but it is not in KY. The law was enacted to protect the children of people with no common sense. People living in the state of KY can choose to follow our state laws or face the consequences of ignoring them. Again, HP, just what IS the mother's side of the story? Because all I see is a child who could have died as a result of his parent neglecting to follow our state law.
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Posted by: Randy Location: winchester on Sep 10, 2008 at 04:10 PM

WHAT IN GODS NAME IS HAPPENING TO PEOPLE? WE NEED TO START PAYING ATTENTION TO WHATS GOING ON AROUND US. AND GET INVOLVED!JUST STOP AND THINK OF HOW MANY PEOPLE MAY HAVE WALKED PAST THAT VAN AND SAID "ITS NOT MY PROBLEM AND I DON'T WAT TO GET INVOLVED".AND THEN WHAT IF THEY WENT HOME TURNED THEIR TV ON TO FIND OUT THAT CHILD HAD DIED!COULD YOU LIVE WITH YOUR SELF?
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