There’s a time to breast-feed
KETTERING, OHIO — Police in Ohio say a woman has been charged with child endangering after another motorist reported she was both breast-feeding a youngster and talking on a cellphone while driving.
Police in the Dayton suburb of Kettering say the caller told them he saw the woman Thursday morning and followed her to a school parking lot.
Officer Michael Burke says authorities used a license plate number to track down Genine Compton, 39.
He said Compton told officers she was breast-feeding and wouldn’t let her child go hungry.
Burke said the legal concern is that Compton had a child in her lap while driving -- not that she was breast-feeding in public. He said the child was younger than 2.
Police say the woman faces up to 180 days in jail and a $1,800 fine if convicted of the misdemeanor.
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