Poker-playing mom punished for leaving kids
A Grandville, Mich., mom who left her kids in the car while she played in a charity poker game will have to pay $450 in fines and take some parenting classes.
Judge Steven Timmers told Diem Thi Tran Thursday that if she paid the fines and met other conditions within six months, her criminal record would show that the charges were dismissed.
The Wyoming Police report stated witnesses claimed the children — ages 5, 10 and 15 — had been in the car for as long as three hours. Tran also was charged with no valid insurance and defective equipment on the car.
Tran pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor child neglect charge. However, she has denied she was abusing the children and disputed the contention the kids were in the car for as long as three hours.
June 7, 2008 | Category
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