2 UNNAMED GIRLS - 6 and 3 yo - / Charged: Mother, Regina Marie Coleman - Waldorf, MD

Mother, 28, arrested for leaving daughters, 3 and 6, in car in frigid temperatures for 90 minutes while she had her make-up done - but only got to wear it in her mug shot


Regina Marie Coleman, 28, was arrested Tuesday night in Maryland for child endangerment

Police found her two daughters, aged six and three, alone in her car in a mall parking lot around 8pm
A passerby had heard the girls crying inside the car
Coleman told officer she had only been inside the mall looking for a missing wallet for 10 minutes
They discovered she had actually been at a cosmetics counter having her make-up done for 90 minutes
The wallet was discovered inside her bag
The children are being looked after by relatives

By Associated Press and Alex Greig  PUBLISHED: 11:34 EST, 31 January 2014

A Maryland mother has been charged with child neglect, accused of leaving her two young daughters in a cold car while she had her makeup done in a mall department store.

Regina Marie Coleman, 28, was arrested after Charles County deputies were called to the St Charles Towne Center Tuesday evening by someone who heard children crying in a car outside.

Police say officers found two little girls, aged three and six, alone inside the Cadillac Escalade at about 8pm.


Made up: Officers say Coleman lied about having been in the mall for only 10 minutes and that she had in fact been inside for 90 minutes getting her make-up done while her children were outside in the car

The girls were dressed in heavy coats, but told officers they were cold. Officers put the children in a patrol car.

Authorities say the outdoor temperature was 16 degrees that night.

Officers then went inside to try and find the girls' parents.

Mall security paged the girls' mother, who met with deputies at the car.

Coleman told officers that she had only been inside the mall for about 10 minutes, where she'd returned without the children to find a wallet that she'd misplaced.


Cold night: The car was parked outside the St Charles Towne Center while Coleman was pampered

According to WJLA, deputies noted inconsistencies in her story and checked her bag, finding her wallet was inside it.

Deputies say Coleman had actually been in the store more than 90 minutes getting her makeup done.

She was arrested and charged with child neglect.

Online court records do not list an attorney for Coleman. Her daughters were turned over to relatives.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2549587/Mother-28-arrested-leaving-daughters-3-6-car-frigid-temperatures-90-minutes-make-got-wear-mug-shot.html

Those two could have gotten frost bite.  That's just too long in cold weather.  In Illinois or at least here in Bloomington you are only allowed 15 minutes.  I would not even do that.  There have been several kidnapping's from parents leaving kids in cars just a short time.  William