Seems like there's been some serious crackdowns on leaving kids in the car while running errands. A couple in Carmel are going to court with misdemeanor charges after they left their two-year-old asleep in the car in a supermarket parking lot for about 15 minutes. Concerned people saw the toddler and called the cops, but the couple had driven away by the time the law arrived. However, a few people got the car's plate number.
Now, the obvious question in this particular instance is, why did both mom and dad go into the store? One of them couldn't wait in the car as well? But anyhow, the parents feel terrible and they are attending parenting classes. And the mother says, "This is life-altering...I am mortified and horrified. I never got a speeding ticket. We just want to pay our taxes and raise our son." We've talked about the kid-in-car issue before, but just so you know, people are getting busted.
