Let me outta here!

“Woman arrested after locking daughter in trunk of car
Accused was visiting husband in prison


HUNTINGDON, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A woman who locked her 3-year-old daughter in the trunk of a car while she visited her husband in prison has been charged with endangerment.

Tammy Denise Swittenburg-Edwards, 31, was arrested Saturday at a state prison about 95 miles east of Pittsburgh after prison guards heard crying and yelling from the vehicle and found the girl in the trunk, state police said.

Swittenburg-Edwards apparently locked her in after prison officials refused the child's entry because she wasn't on a visitor's list, state police said.

The girl was in the trunk for about 40 minutes while Swittenburg-Edwards visited her husband, state police said. The child wasn't injured.

Swittenburg-Edwards was charged with attempted aggravated assault and endangerment, and is being held in the Huntingdon County Prison. The girl was turned over to child welfare officials.

Swittenburg-Edwards did not have a listed phone number and it was unclear if she had an attorney.”

“I just read this in the local paper. unbelievable! Huntingdon is only about 30 miles from me.”

“Nothing surprises me anymore.”

“'Swittenburg-Edwards did not have a listed phone number . . . .'

That reporter should try (215) 279-0543.

Or we could send Geobeet to Norristown to check it out to see if she still lives there.

You can find all sorts of stuff on the internet.”

“This was not the fault of the mother. Prisons should be required to provide daycare for visiting family members.”

“Or at least show some common sense and let a 3 year old in, whether or not on the visiting list.”