Sentenced: Mom Left Kids In 128-Degree Van While She Shoplifted From Store

[Sugar Cookie]

A Michigan mother was arrested after police said she left her children locked in hot van while she stole items from a grocery store.

Sallie M. Wireman, 23, faces two counts of felony Neglect of a Dependent and a single count of Theft.

Police found the van with only the rear window vents open, and children crying inside, KPC reported. Officers were able to rescue the children – ages 2 and 3 – from the vehicle, which had an internal temperature of 128 degrees.

Police said the children had been in the van about 37 minutes.

Wireman left the store with items in a shopping cart, which she didn’t pay for, KPC reported.

The children were turned over to child welfare workers.

Police: Mom left kids in 128-degree van while she shoplifted from store

Sallie M. Wireman, 23, faces two counts of felony Neglect of a Dependent and a single count of Theft.

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[Dead Stephanie]

Wow, I wouldn’t do that. I would leave the AC on while I shoplifted. Dumb bitch

 

[DaveL]

She looks remarkably unconcerned over being arrested for a felony. Not her first rodeo?

 

[Anubis]

She looks remarkably unconcerned over being arrested for a felony. Not her first rodeo?

My thoughts exactly. Someone has not learned her lesson.

 

[Sejanus]

Cute for being a negligent twat!
Her hair needs work.

 

[hzlb]

NO excuse ! The B, needs to go into the oven

 

[orange_julius]

Another prime candidate for involuntary sterilization.
And from a grocery store? Really? I hope it was some form of birth control.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Sallie M. Wireman, 24, pleaded guilty to two Level 6 felony charges of neglect of a dependent and misdemeanor theft and was sentenced to two years of incarceration.

She was arrested June 18 after Angola Police Officer Evan Howe rescued the children by breaking out the driver’s side front window of the vehicle, say court documents. The vehicle allegedly registered 128 degrees on its interior with the outside temperature around 90. Police were contacted by concerned citizens who saw the two boys, ages 2 and 3, crying inside the locked van.

After her arrest, she was released from jail on a pretrial monitoring program and prohibited from having any contact with the two boys. In court Monday, Wireman said she has four children that include two girls that she does see.

Per the plea bargain, Wireman must abide by recommendations of the Michigan Department of Child Services and Child Protective Services for potential visitation or custody of the boys.

A case worker for the children attended the hearing and was consulted by Kraus and the prosecutor on the legal issues concerning visitation.

Wireman toldJudge Fee she's been in therapy and working with CPS because she wants to see the children again.

A presentence investigation conducted by Steuben County Probation Department showed a low risk that Wireman would repeat her criminally neglectful behavior.

Musser described a Michigan criminal record that included several shoplifting convictions.
"Shoplifting was your goal here," said Fee to Wireman.

The children were left in the van at a big box store in Angola, with only the back vents open for ventilation, say court documents. The children’s faces were red and hair sweat soaked after they were freed by Howe. They were turned over to the Indiana Department of Child Services along with an infant, who Wireman had taken into the store with her.

Store video showed that Wireman, who was inside for more than a half hour, did not pay for all the items in her grocery cart.

Fee said Wireman violated the children's trust by putting them in danger.

"Things could have been worse," Musser noted. He said probation was needed "for an extended period of time to make sure that something like this does not happen again."

The no-contact order issued by the court ended with Wireman's sentencing. Custody and visitation of the children are now at the sole discretion of authorties in Michigan, said Musser, adding there is "no guarantee that is going to happen within in the next week, or month, or year, or ever."

Fee said Wireman's criminal actions would appear to most to be "callous indifference" to the safety and well being of her children. He said that is aggravated by their very young age.

"This is about accountability," Fee said as he handed down the sentence.

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