POLL: Children in Tanning Salons?
A Nutley woman is charged after bringing her daughter to a tanning salon, where the 5-year old allegedly got a sunburn.
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Patricia Krentcil, 44, of Nutley was charged with child endangerment after allegedly letting her 5-year-old daughter come into a tanning booth with her.
Krentcil's daughter told her school nurse she got a sunburn from tanning with her mother, prompting the school to contact child services.
Krentcil maintains she and her daughter do visit the salon together, but the 5 year-old never enters a tanning booth. Krentcil said her daughter got a sunburn from helping in the garden on a nice weekend.
"The pediatrician said that she's got a little sunburn, but it was that only weekend we were out doing the gardening," Krentcil told ABC News.
Police allege Krentcil took her daughter unto the booth without tanning salon employees knowing.
According to The Star Ledger, Krentcil was taken to Camden County Jail on April 24, where she had an outstanding charge, and posted $25,000 bail. The incident allegedly occurred one week before the arrest.
Under state law, children under the age of 14 are not permitted in any type of tanning booth. The name of the Nutley tanning salon has not been released, and the business has not been charged.
kelaker
9:20 am on Thursday, May 3, 2012
Yes this woman has skin that looks like shoe leather and she might need some counseling, but this whole thing is turning into a media circus. If you look at the pictures of the child that was supposedly in the tanning booth, I do not see any sunburn. This whole affair is the result of overzealous teachers, health department and police who want their 15 minutes of fame. This mother and her family are being put through hell to satisfy the our and the media's craving for the latest crazy story.
kelaker