Sentenced: 'That's My F—ing Kid': Mom Kept Son Who Fled From Foster Care Locked In Closet, Had To Use Pringles Can As Toilet

[Sugar Cookie]

"That's my f—ing kid," Angie Harlan told police officers and agents with the Department of Child Services after they went to her house to retrieve the child, according to court documents obtained by local ABC and NBC affiliate WPTA.

"Nobody's taking my f—ing kid," she said, while allegedly threatening to kill the boy.

Harlan, 45, was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in Allen County Community Corrections Residential Services for felony intimidation and misdemeanor false informing after initially being hit with two neglect charges, a confinement charge and a false informing charge. Prosecutors agreed to scrap those charges as part of a plea deal.

After Harlan's arrest in August, she was accused of giving the child pills that she claimed were Tylenol. Her son, whose age has not been reported, allegedly told police, "It wasn't Tylenol. I know what Tylenol is," according to WPTA.

The boy had been living with a foster family who reported him missing on Aug. 17. Harlan was questioned by authorities after the report was made, but denied seeing him or knowing anything about his whereabouts.

DCS received a tip that the child was at Harlan's home after she was interviewed, which prompted police to return and search the residence. Her son was found under a bed in a second-story bedroom, WPTA reports.

Agents asked the boy what had happened, and he accused Harlan of locking him away in a closet after he ran away from his foster family. He went to a random person's home first. An individual at the residence allowed him to use their phone to call Harlan to tell her what happened, according to police.

Harlan allegedly went to the home, retrieved her son, returned to her house and told him to get in the closet, which had a keyed padlock. Investigators said she gave the boy a Pringles can and told him to use the bathroom in it.

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Mom accused of keeping son locked away in closet with Pringles can for toilet avoids jail time

Indiana mom Angie Harlan will be placed in a "community-based supervision program" after receiving a plea deal that dismissed child neglect and confinement charges for the alleged abuse of her son.

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[cubby]

There's nothing that says I love you quite like locking your kid in a closet, giving him a Pringles can to piss in and threatening to kill him when CPS tries to take him back to his foster parents.

And I'm telling you that is one scary ass mug, if I were her kid, if I didn't want to stay at the foster parents, I definitely would run in the opposite direction from this hideous bitch.

 

[Alxprkrkrls]

That poor kiddo has no safe place to go

 

[Symmachus]

What a horrible situation! That woman should never be near her nor any child ever again. How is someone so evil that they think it is acceptable to lock a kid in a closet and make them use a Pringles can for waste? That is beyond abominable.

 

[thuumpr]

What a horrible situation! That woman should never be near her nor any child ever again. How is someone so evil that they think it is acceptable to lock a kid in a closet and make them use a Pringles can for waste? That is beyond abominable.

Yeah! Who wants soggy chips?