A Florida mother has been charged after daycare workers found a handgun in her 2-year-old son’s lunch box, authorities said.
Shanae Davis, 39, was charged with multiple counts of permitting a minor to obtain a firearm and child neglect after a teacher at Jackson’s Day Care Center in Riviera Beach opened a lunch box containing a 9mm Glock 43 handgun. is accused of.
The discovery raised concerns among teachers, according to police documents. WPEC reported that the parents who later learned about the incident were also surprised.
“It’s scary,” Stephen Wallenbourg told the outlet. “I mean, you know when I send my kids to school thinking they’re safe? I mean, they are? I don’t know.”
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A teacher at Jackson’s Day Care Center in Riviera Beach found a handgun in a student’s lunch box, according to Riviera Beach Police. (Google Maps)
According to the Riviera Beach Police Department, Davis admitted to investigators that the gun was his and that he usually kept it in the glove box of his car.
But after several recent break-ins at the complex, she brought a gun inside her apartment.
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According to court documents, the 39-year-old mother told authorities on the night of March 14 that she didn’t have her wallet and put the gun in her son’s lunch box.
Police said Shanae Davis, 39, faces multiple charges including allowing a minor to obtain a firearm and child neglect. (Google Maps)
The mother said the next morning that she forgot to take it out.
Police were then called to the day care facility and quickly responded. Davis was later arrested, but her mother posted bail and was released on Friday, March 15, according to Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office records.
The 39-year-old mother put a gun inside her son’s lunchbox and brought it into the apartment. (Adobe Stock)
In a statement to Telemundo 51 Miami, West Palm Beach Police Department Spokesperson Mike Jachels reminded us of the importance of gun safety and that such oversight or carelessness can have deadly consequences. Stated.
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Fortunately, no one was hurt in this case.
According to Telemundo Miami, the day care owner chose not to sue the mother. However, the State Attorney’s Office decided to do so.
