Endangering the Life of a Child – ALL CHARGES DISMISSED

The Palatine Police Department was patrolling a shopping center in Palatine when they notice a child alone in a vehicle. It was the middle of December and freezing out. The child was 1 year old and left strapped in her car seat all alone. The vehicle was off and there was nobody around. The officer who observed the child stayed with her for more than 15 minutes before my client came back to the car. My client admitted that she did not want to wake her sleeping 1 year old so she left the child in the vehicle when she went shopping at Payless Shoe Store and the Dollar General store. My client was immediately arrested and charged with endangering the life of a child. DCFS was involved so we could not plead her guilty or lose at trial since her child could have been taken away from her. We set the case for trial. On the trial date, I spoke with the prosecutor’s office and convinced them to give her the “deal of the century!” My client had to do a few parenting classes and the case would be dismissed. On today date, after showing the completion of the classes, ALL CHARGES WERE DROPPED! Nothing on her record at all.