Woman charged for having child ride in box atop van

[Toner]

Woman charged for having child ride in box atop van
By David Brewer
October 05, 2009, 12:35PM



ALBERTVILLE, AL - A Marshall County woman is in the city jail here for having her 13-year-old daughter ride in a cardboard box atop her van.

Albertville Police spokesman Sgt. Jamie Smith said Jackie Denise Knott, 37, of Albertville was charged with endangering the welfare of a child. Smith said the child was turned over to a relative.

Smith said police received a call Sunday morning of a minivan traveling on U.S. 431 with a large cardboard box on top with a child inside.

Officers stopped the van on U.S. 431 and asked Knott why the child was riding atop her vehicle.

"The box was too big to go inside the van, and she would be able to hold it down if she was inside the box," Smith said the woman told police.

When asked about the child's safety, Smith said Knott told the officers that she had the box secured to the van with a clothes hanger.

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2009/10/...g_child.html?1

[SSG Rex]

Lord. It's a wonder that child survived this long under the watchful eye of aunt mom.

What was she doing with an empty box that size you ask? Well, duh, you line it with duck tape and fill it with water to make a pool...looks good in the yard between the rusting Dodge Dart and the old washing machine. Hell, if you want a hot tub you plug a curling iron into a series of extension cords and drop it in the water.