Heather Adkins of Shelbyville, Indiana is accused of abandoning her son, who has autism and is non-verbal, in Ohio.
An Indiana mother accused of having abandoned her 5-year-old autistic son on an Ohio street earlier this year has pleaded guilty to child endangerment.
Heather Adkins, 33, of Shelbyville entered the plea last week in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court and is scheduled for sentencing Sept. 28. A kidnapping charge was dropped as part of a plea agreement and Adkins now faces a term of five years probation to three years in prison, officials said.
Officials said the boy, who is nonverbal, was spotted by passing motorists as he tried to wave down cars in the rain. Adkins was arrested at a gas station in Georgetown, Ky., on an unrelated warrant."It's heartbreaking to imagine what this non-verbal, 5-year-old boy went through," Prosecutor Joseph Deters said in a statement in February. "I'm certain he was confused and hurt.
In court last Monday, Adkins acknowledged the facts of the case but denied that she intended to harm her son, WCPO-TV reported.Copyright © 2022 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
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