Mom receives suspended jail sentence after letting boy walk to pond
- Karyann Parkinson, a Virginia mother, was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a minor for allowing her 5-year-old son to walk alone to a nearby pond in their gated community to collect goose feathers and received a six-month suspended jail sentence.
- Child Protective Services found lack of supervision substantiated and placed Parkinson on Virginia's child abuse and neglect registry for seven years following their investigation.
- Authorities responded after a passerby alerted security about the boy walking alone; security returned the boy and notified the police, leading to a multi-agency investigation despite the child being safe and having the mother's permission.
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The government also placed Karyann Parkinson on its child abuse and neglect registry, where she will remain for seven years. A mom of five was convicted last week of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Her offense: allowing her 5-year-old son to walk about a half-mile by himself in their gated community. Until very recently, Karyann Parkinson lived in leafy Williamsburg, Virginia. She and her husband, Dallin, moved there from Utah so Par…
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