Friday, May 04, 2012

Mother with passion for tanning accused of child endangerment

A New Jersey mother with a passion for tanning has denied endangering her child by allowing her then five-year-old daughter into a tanning booth.



Authorities say Patricia Krentcil's daughter, now six, turned up at her elementary school in Nutley, New Jersey, with sunburn, prompting a school nurse to contact police.

New Jersey is among several states that have adopted regulations prohibiting anyone age 14 or under from using ultraviolet devices because of the risk of skin cancer. Ms Krentcil, 44, who has extremely tanned skin herself, denied bringing her fair-skinned daughter into the tanning booth of a salon that she frequents.


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"I tan, she doesn't tan. It's called a tanning booth and a tanning room," said Krentcil, saying her daughter was in the room but not the booth. "I'm not gonna bring my little daughter into a 90 degree bed. I mean, that's not normal," she said. Mrs Krentcil has pleaded not guilty to the charge.

5 comments:

Ratz said...

That's not tanned, that's mahogany.

SteveC said...

They called the police for a sunburn? If they thought it was done on purpose, then maybe. Sure, I was always going into school with a sunburn. I was always outside.

Anonymous said...

"I mean, that's not normal."

I'm not even sure what to say...

Anonymous said...

...the real question for Arbroath is: What's up with the two different pics of the Mom ?

Is it 'before and after', or what? The pic on the left looks like a mugshot? Did you photoshop the left-hand picture?

What's up with that?

Bill

Anonymous said...

No one is ever happy with their skin color.