Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Fulton Woman Charged For Endangering Children
KENTUCKY...
A western Kentucky woman is charged with felony criminal abuse after her two children were found by themselves in her car. Fulton Police Chief Terry Powell said 33-year-old Sherri M. Screen of Arlington in Hickman County left her 2-year-old girl and 6-year-old boy in the car in a Walmart parking lot on Saturday afternoon. The police responded to an anonymous phone call and found the children. Powell said it was 86 degrees on Saturday with a heat index of 91 degrees. Authorities released the children to another family member after charging Screen with second-degree criminal abuse.