NJ Mom Charged for Taking 5-year-Old into a Tanning Bed

[Spider-Man Luvr28]

A New Jersey woman was arrested after police said she brought her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth, causing the girl to suffer burns.

But 44-year-old Patricia Krentcil, who was charged with second-degree child endangerment, said her daughter was never exposed to the tanning booth's UV rays and instead got slightly sunburned while playing outside on a warm day.

The girl's father told NBC 4 New York his daughter told classmates at school that she "went tanning with Mommy." He thinks a teacher overheard, inaccurately connected the girl's sunburn to the tanning salon trip and contacted police.

"This whole big thing happened, and everyone got involved," said Rich Krentcil. "It was 85 degrees outside, she got sunburned. That's it. That's all that happened."

Patricia Krentcil said she treats her tanning salon trips as an errand in which she brings along her daughter, but insists the booth lights were never exposed to the girl.

"It's like taking your daughter to go food shopping," she told NBC 4 New York at her Nutley, N.J. home after being released on $25,000 bail. "There's tons of moms that bring their children in."

"I tan, she doesn't tan," she continued. "I'm in the booth, she's in the room. That's all there is to it."

The incident happened over a week ago, but there did not appear to be any burns on the little girl Tuesday.

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2...dly-taking-daughter-5-into-tanning-booth?lite

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[bullets]

It doesn't help that she looks like a sun dried raisin , lol.

 

[THE MR. TERRIFIC]

She looks HORRIBLE! I hope she learns her lesson.

 

[Duke]

Not only does she looks a dry prune, she also looks like she has bats in her belfry.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I hate this obsession with tanning.

 

[kane9321]

momma looks like a big prune

 

[PyroChamber]

Is that her lip or her tongue?

Anyways, they did something like this on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

 

[chamber-music]

Someone should tell this women looking orange and getting skin cancer is not a good idea.

 

[PyroChamber]

^Orange? In the video this woman looked damn near burned.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

She was just trying to give the kid a base.

 

[MrWayne]

I hope they not only arrested her but the tanning salon people. I mean why would they allow a 5 year old in there to tan???? Bad parenting and judgement all around...

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Who in their right mind would live in this state?

Oh, right.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

f***ing Jersey.

 

[Godzilla2000]

It's the Crypt Keeper!!!

 

[SV Fan]

sounds like it was GTL time

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

 

[Speedball]

HEY! That's an insult to Oompa Loompas! I'm sure they won't look like how Joan Rivers should look now without plastic surgery when they're 44.

 

[Schlosser85]

Is she sticking out her tongue?

 

[Spider-Man Luvr28]

Is she sticking out her tongue?

I think so...?

I was trying to figure that out myself when I first saw the mugshot.

P.S., your icon.

 

[Wolfwood]

She's going to be a new derp meme.

 

[Wolfwood]

EDIT: DP. Hype lag.

 

[Hotwire]

This woman scares me.

 

[ThDWgeek]

Did you see the video? In that, she looks more leathery than a motorcycle jacket.

 

[Optimus_Prime_]

Wait, I thought Snookie's kid wasn't due until December?

 

[Spider-Man Luvr28]

"Tanning Mom" is red hot over accusations that she's a lousy mother for allegedly letting her 5-year-old daughter burn to a fare-thee-well on a tanning bed -- calling her critics "jealous, fat, and ugly."

44-year-old Patricia Krentcil was in Nutley (perfect) New Jersey yesterday on her way to a hair salon when she unloaded and then proclaimed she was a fabulous mother.

Video of her saying so on TMZ.

http://www.tmz.com/2012/05/03/tanning-mom-patricia-krentcil-video/

I dunno if it's from her years of tanning that she can barely move her lips or whatever, but she sounds slurred (?)

*Shudder*