FOR HER ARRAIGNMENT. THE SAME FOR MARTINEZ. THE FOLLOWING WEEK. HIS TRIAL DATE IS AUGUST 6TH. NEW INFORMATION ON THE WOMAN ACCUSED OF LETTING HER CHILD WANDER THE STREETS OF EDGEWOOD. A JUDGE RULING HER CASE TO BE DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. THE RULING COMING DOWN LAST WEEK. COURT DOCUMENTS SAY POLICE GOT CALLS ABOUT THE YOUNG CHILD RUNNING IN THE STREETS WITHOUT SHOES ON. COURT DOCUMENTS SAY CHELSEA KENT LATER CONTACTED POLICE ABOUT THE MISSING CHILD. POLICE SAY COURT DOCUMENTS KENT TOLD THEM SHE THOUGHT SHE’D PUT HER CHILD IN THE CAR SEAT. THE RULING END
Case dropped in which child was found barefoot in Edgewood
Abandonment charge against Chelsea Kent dismissed due to police officer’s failure to appear in court.
The case against a mother whose five-year-old daughter was found running barefoot in the street in January was dismissed this month because the arresting officer failed to appear in court to testify, court documents said. On a motion from her attorney, the charge of child abandonment against Chelsea Lyons Kent was dismissed without prejudice, meaning that the criminal complaint can be refiled, the documents said. Body cam video released by the Edgewood Police Department showed officers responding to a call that the girl was found barefoot in the cold, which led to the arrest of Kent. After the child was taken to the police station, it was five hours before Kent came, and said she thought that the child was sleeping in her car seat. Following her arrest, the child was taken into custody by the state Children Youth and Families Department, the documents said.Kent was also charged with two counts of bringing contraband into places of imprisonment.
The case against a mother whose five-year-old daughter was found running barefoot in the street in January was dismissed this month because the arresting officer failed to appear in court to testify, court documents said.
On a motion from her attorney, the charge of child abandonment against Chelsea Lyons Kent was dismissed without prejudice, meaning that the criminal complaint can be refiled, the documents said.
Body cam video released by the Edgewood Police Department showed officers responding to a call that the girl was found barefoot in the cold, which led to the arrest of Kent.
After the child was taken to the police station, it was five hours before Kent came, and said she thought that the child was sleeping in her car seat. Following her arrest, the child was taken into custody by the state Children Youth and Families Department, the documents said.
Kent was also charged with two counts of bringing contraband into places of imprisonment.
