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Teen found riding in box on van, mom charged
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ALBERTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama woman has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child after police say she let her daughter ride in a cardboard box on top of their van.

Albertville Police spokesman Sgt. Jamie Smith said the 37-year-old woman was arrested Sunday after police received a call about a minivan on a state highway with a child riding on top.

Smith said the woman told police the box was too big to go inside the van, and that her daughter was inside the box to hold it down.

Smith said the mother told officers it was safe because she had the box secured to the van with a clothes hanger.

The 13-year-old daughter wasn’t harmed and was turned over to a relative. A jail worker said the mother was out on bond Monday.

Allow me to play devil's advocate on this one. I think the operative word in this story has to be "let." She let the teen ride on the roof of the van in a box. I think by the age of 13 we all know whether or not we need to be riding on the top of a van. Noone locked Mr. Howard up when Scott wolfed out and surfed on the top of Style's Wolfmobile. That was Scott's decision. Plus the lady secured the box with a coat hanger. What more can you ask for?