OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A mother who lived with her toddler in a car outside an Omaha homeless shelter has been fined $50 for a misdemeanor count of child neglect.
Local media reports that police found Theresa Stockfeld living in the car in April. Police also say she had allowed several intoxicated, homeless men to take care of her 3-year-old daughter while she left the car.
Police say that when officers found the girl, her diaper hadn’t been changed in a long time, the interior of the car was littered with clothes, trash and old food and a weapon was within the girl’s reach.
Stockfeld pleaded guilty to misdemeanor child neglect earlier this week. She’s due in court later this month to see if she can regain custody of her daughter.