Mother Arrested After Police Found Her Baby In Her Car Booth

There are so many people in the world who
would love to take care of a child, but this
mother had absolutely no compassion for her
five-month-old baby. A so-called mother in
Florida was arrested for child abuse during a
traffic stop Tuesday after police discovered
her five-month-old baby in the trunk of her
car.
19-year-old Breona Watkins was speeding
down the street at about 1 am outside Ft.
Lauderdale and Broward County Sheriff’s
deputies pulled her over for driving a car with
a broken tail light.
During a bail hearing Tuesday afternoon,
Judge John Hurley read a police report
aloud, which stated that the police found the
child in the trunk of the car lying on a pair of
sharp scissors and other extremely
dangerous items.
According to the Sun-Sentinel, Breona
Watkins is being charged with resisting an
officer, child abuse and five traffic-related
offenses, which include driving without a
license and failure to have a child restraint.
According to the police report, Watkins kept
driving after police signaled her to stop.
Once Breona Watkins pulled over she gave
the police a false identity and told them she
didn’t have her driver’s license with her. The
car she was driving was registered to her
aunt, Todra Richardson.
Her aunt told WSVN news station she didn’t
know Breona stole the car.
The police said when they are questioning
Breona, about 15 minutes after talking with
her, Deputy Juan Canino heard a baby crying
in the trunk.
“So, I didn’t think maybe it was something in
the car, but I kept hearing it, and that’s
when I (realized) there’s a baby in the trunk,
so I grabbed the keys, opened the trunk and
there he was,” Canino said. “I was very
surprised.”
“The child was actually lying on top of a
hedge trimmers which are about 12 inches
long and are used to cut bushes,” Broward
County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Tom Hinton said.
“There was an old rusted tire iron that the
child was lying on top of and a bunch of
other debris. Even in plastic bags and
everything, it could have suffocated the child
in the back of the car.”
Breona told police she hid the baby in the
trunk because she was afraid she would get
a ticket for not having the child in a car seat,
so she attempted to hide the baby. Police
concluded that Breona Watkins told her 14-
year-old relative, who was also in the car, to
push the baby through the trunk’s back seat
panel before she was pulled over by police.
Her little baby was unharmed.
Her aunt says that Breona is a great mother
and just made a very horrible mistake.
“This situation is very tragic. She is a good
mother, a good child,” she said. “She lives
with me, so I see it firsthand, and this is by
no means, as far as saying that she’s a bad
mother, I think. She’s a great mother.”
Breona is currently being held on $7,000
bond.