https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/c...r-over-hour-she-shoplifted-publix/1036740001/A woman was arrested Saturday after sheriff's officials said she left her infant son inside a car for longer than an hour as she shoplifted inside a Publix.
Sarah Jean Wilmoth, 30, was charged with leaving a child unattended in a vehicle for longer than 15 minutes, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and shoplifting, according to her arrest affidavit.
Deputies were called to Publix, 4145 Ninth St. S.W., about 4:30 p.m. Saturday by bystanders who saw an infant alone in a car crying hysterically.
They had parked near the car and told investigators the child was inside alone when they arrived and after they finished a 45-minute shopping trip. Deputies determined the child had been there for more than an hour, according to the affidavit.
Wilmoth was located and arrested inside the supermarket as Indian River County Fire Rescue workers tended to the child, who was unharmed. She said she left the boy in the car because he was sleeping at the time, the affidavit said.
When Wilmoth was searched, deputies found a plastic bag containing a crack pipe and methamphetamine laced with cocaine, according to the arrest affidavit.
In Wilmoth's bra were several toiletries worth about $35 that she admitted stealing from Publix while inside, the affidavit said.
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