A woman was arrested Tuesday after Broward County Sheriff’s Office deputies pulled over her car and found her baby in the trunk of a car, according to reports.
Breona Watkins, 19, said she passed her 5-month-old to the back seat where a 14-year-old placed the baby in the trunk via an opening in the back seat.
The report states that cops pulled Watkins over because of a broken headlight and for stopping in an intersection, forcing other vehicles to drive around her.
Watkins also did not stop her car right away, and when she did, provided deputies a fake name, which she later says she did because she lacks a valid driver’s license.
It wasn’t until she was placed in the back of the squad car did deputies hear what sounded like a baby crying coming from the trunk of her vehicle.
The infant was found on top of bush-cutting shears, a rusted tire iron and a rusted metal hanger. A used gas can and fuel pump were also in the trunk.
Deputies said the child had been in the trunk for about 15 minutes. At no time did Breona Watkins or the passenger mention that the baby was there.
Watkins admitted later that she told the 14-year-old passenger to put the baby in the trunk, fearing a ticket for transporting it on his lap and not in a car seat.
Watkins was being held at the main Broward County jail on seven charges; the baby was in the custody of the Department of Children and Families.
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