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Mom charged with child endangering after car rolls away with girl inside

By Ed Runyan 1 min read

WARREN -- Maisha J. Fletcher, whose age was not provided, of Atlanta, was arraigned Thursday in Warren Municipal Court on misdemeanor child endangering after a Wednesday afternoon incident in the Palm Plaza, 1954 Elm Road in which she left her daughter alone in a car, and the child caused the car to roll backward into another car.

No injuries were reported.

Officers were called to the plaza at 2:30 p.m. and spoke with a witness who said she saw the car roll backward and strike another vehicle, then pull forward and stop. The witness then saw the child's mother come out of a wireless phone store.

Fletcher told the officer she left her child in the car while she went into the store. She said her daughter told her she "pressed a button and the car started rolling." She said she pressed another button and the vehicle stopped.

The report did not indicate whether the other vehicle was damaged.

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