WEST HILLS : Children Left Unattended; Mothers Face Court Action
A West Hills woman who allegedly left her 11-month-old daughter alone in a parked car while shopping, alarming a crowd of bystanders, was charged Thursday with child endangering, prosecutors said. In a separate case, a Van Nuys woman was sentenced to 90 days in jail for leaving her two young children home alone, prosecutors said.
Hyun Hee Cho, 30, was charged Thursday with misdemeanor child endangering for allegedly leaving her daughter in her locked station wagon Saturday while shopping at Costco in Canoga Park, Los Angeles City Atty. James K. Hahn said.
In the other case, Hahn’s office said Thursday, Deborah Ann Brittenham, 28, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor child endangering and was sentenced to 90 days in jail for leaving her two children--a 2-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy--alone in their squalid apartment.
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