GUILTY AZ - Shanesha Taylor leaves kids in car during interview, Scottsdale, 2014

[AnaTeresa]

I can't speak to this case, but it's possible that charges are being dropped because she completed a diversion program or some other type of consequence in exchange for charges being dropped. These things go on a lot behind the scenes in cases, and you don't hear about it in the media.

We will have cases that are quiet like this, but behind the scenes, the defendant is completing X hours of community service, or X many AA meetings, or some sort of parenting/drug abuse/mental health counseling program - or a combination of things. Often, the situation is such that the prosecutor states something like, if you do X, I will drop the charges.

It's only a guess, but I would bet strongly that she had to do some things like this.

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

'Moment of desperation' led mother to leave her two infant sons in a hot car while she went on a job interview, she claims

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-hot-car-job-interview-avoid-prosecution.html

 

[Lovejac]

'Moment of desperation' led mother to leave her two infant sons in a hot car while she went on a job interview, she claims

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-hot-car-job-interview-avoid-prosecution.html

From your link

Shanesha Taylor, 35, avoided prosecution on Friday after agreeing to set aside funds for her children's education and completing parenting programs.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...sons-hot-car-job-interview.html#ixzz38RY1FRsa


How much did she clear from the online fund? Over $100K right?

Unbelievable

ETA: $115,000

 

[popsicle]

Responsibility, in that context, is in the eye of the beholder. -Matt Lauer interview.


http://www.wtsp.com/media/cinematic/video/13132131/

 

[Oblio]

I don't get it. If she was going to leave them alone, neglect, and endanger them for the sake of a job interview, why didn't she leave them at home with food, tv, and a bathroom? Still not safe or logical, but doesn't come with that certain death feature of a hot car in the sun.

 

[cinsbythesea]

I'd like the address of every fool that donated.....just so I could slap each and every one for being so stupid!!!!


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Well then you can start with me. We donated a small amount ($10.00) because despite my initial anger at her leaving the children in the car once I read why and got a little further information - I felt for her. I've made mistakes with my own children-never leaving them in a hot car - but I've made my mistakes and who doesn't, none that I'm proud of and am grateful I didn't have the world judging me because of them. I donated in the hopes it would help to get her back on her feet and therefore be a better mother to her children, having learned from her mistake(s). She may or may not have learned, she may piss away all the money but I donated our small amount in the hopes that she could turn herself around- it was money we could afford to "lose" so to speak and I donated it without judgment, it just felt like the right thing for me to do. And to this day I don't feel "stupid" for having donated to her and wish her and her children well. So slap away...

 

[AnaTeresa]

Well then you can start with me. We donated a small amount ($10.00) because despite my initial anger at her leaving the children in the car once I read why and got a little further information - I felt for her. I've made mistakes with my own children-never leaving them in a hot car - but I've made my mistakes and who doesn't, none that I'm proud of and am grateful I didn't have the world judging me because of them. I donated in the hopes it would help to get her back on her feet and therefore be a better mother to her children, having learned from her mistake(s). She may or may not have learned, she may piss away all the money but I donated our small amount in the hopes that she could turn herself around- it was money we could afford to "lose" so to speak and I donated it without judgment, it just felt like the right thing for me to do. And to this day I don't feel "stupid" for having donated to her and wish her and her children well. So slap away...

The thing is - she can't even "piss away" the money. It's being held in trust for the kids. I think that's GREAT.

 

[cinsbythesea]

The thing is - she can't even "piss away" the money. It's being held in trust for the kids. I think that's GREAT.

Thanks for that info - I didn't realize that. Hopefully she has access to some of it to get then a decent place to live, etc? But putting it into trust--brilliant! I agree, that's a great idea!

 

[Lovejac]

The thing is - she can't even "piss away" the money. It's being held in trust for the kids. I think that's GREAT.

That is great news. Glad to hear it.

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Reunited at last: Mother who was arrested for leaving her children in car for 45 minutes as she went to job interview wins custody of her kids again

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ds-hot-car-job-interview-regains-custody.html

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

'It was rough, but we're making up for the time we spent apart': Mother who was arrested for leaving her children in car during job interview speaks of her joy at regaining custody

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...b-interview-speaks-joy-regaining-custody.html

 

[Snoods]

Shanesha Taylor was back in court. A judge is giving her one more week to cough up $60,000 of the $114,000 in donated money to keep in a trust for her kids or her plea deal will be pulled. She also says she can't find a job because potential employers don't want the media attention.

Much more in article:

A Maricopa Superior Court judge told Shanesha Taylor that he was concerned that she had not funded the trust from money accumulated from a social media campaign and that if it is not funded by Oct. 27, the plea deal will be pulled.

But Taylor's attorney, Benjamin Taylor (no relation), said $60,000 from the $114,000 donated by the public in support of Shanesha Taylor will be used for the trust fund.
[...]
Benjamin Taylor also pleaded for an employer to give his client a job. He said she has been living off the money donated by the public, but that it would soon run out. Shanesha Taylor said she and her family currently are "living pretty slim" off the donated money.

http://www.kpho.com/story/26771591/phoenix-mom-who-left-kids-in-car-returns-to-court

 

[newone]

Shanesha Taylor was back in court. A judge is giving her one more week to cough up $60,000 of the $114,000 in donated money to keep in a trust for her kids or her plea deal will be pulled. She also says she can't find a job because potential employers don't want the media attention.

Much more in article:


http://http://www.kpho.com/story/26771591/phoenix-mom-who-left-kids-in-car-returns-to-court

I couldn't reach the story using your link


this link worked for me

http://www.kpho.com/story/26771591/phoenix-mom-who-left-kids-in-car-returns-to-court

her twitter

https://twitter.com/shaneshataylor2

 

[Snoods]

Are you kidding me? I can't hold my tongue any longer. Give me more money please! I have to pay for stuff, ya know. Diapers and shoes.

Yes, so does everyone else in the world. I can't believe she is asking for more donations. Especially with all the money she already received. What nerve!

I wonder how hard she has really tried to get a job.

https://twitter.com/shaneshataylor2

 

[newone]

Are you kidding me? Give me more money please! I have to pay for stuff, ya know. Diapers and shoes.

Yes, so does everyone else in the world. I can't believe she is asking for more donations. Especially with all the money she already received. What nerve!

I sprayed coffee when I found that twitter looking for latest development......wonder how much the shortfall is of$60K?

Unless I am missing something the only Dollar amounts I could find were as follows:

''A Maricopa Superior Court judge told Shanesha Taylor that he was concerned that she had not funded the trust from money accumulated from a social media campaign and that if it is not funded by Oct. 27, the plea deal will be pulled.

But Taylor's attorney, Benjamin Taylor (no relation), said $60,000 from the $114,000 donated by the public in support of Shanesha Taylor will be used for the trust fund.''

It is a bit confusing to me --

 

[Snoods]

I sprayed coffee when I found that twitter looking for latest development......

Right??!!! Pretty soon every criminal will have their own donation site after they get arrested. Remember the hot mug shot guy?

 

[newone]

either the $60K is there or it is not which is it ? According to her attorney there were delays at the trust attorney's office....again...is this a scheduling problem or a money problem in terms of meeting the deadline??

"Benjamin Taylor he and his client have been working with trust attorneys and that the delay was due in part because he and the state had been negotiating exactly what needed to be done."


http://www.kpho.com/story/26771591/phoenix-mom-who-left-kids-in-car-returns-to-court

 

[Snoods]

either the $60K is there or it is not which is it ? According to her attorney there were delays at the trust attorney's office....again...is this a scheduling problem or a money problem in terms of meeting the deadline??

"Benjamin Taylor he and his client have been working with trust attorneys and that the delay was due in part because he and the state had been negotiating exactly what needed to be done."

http://www.kpho.com/story/26771591/phoenix-mom-who-left-kids-in-car-returns-to-court

It seems like she claimed she did, but apparently she didn't. Judge doesn't seem to think she did, anyway.

Regardless, Shaneshsa it's time to quit begging for money.

 

[K_Z]

If she truly still has $60K to fund the trust, her attorney is an absolute idiot, IMO, for letting this situation fester long enough for all of them to appear back in court, and risk her plea.

I'm guessing that there is no longer $60K in liquid assets with which to fund the trust. It's either tied up in something like a home purchase, or what it was spent on can't be recouped.

And I also note that her 10-11 year old daughter is no longer mentioned in the articles, or the trust plan. Only the 2 boys. Shanesha's parents were essentially raising her, according to many early articles. Maybe they made that situation legally permanent.

Either way, Shanesha, her attorney, and their supporters are colossally stupid, IMO, to risk her plea deal, her freedom, her custody of the boys, and their future over a bag of cash she should never have been entitled to in the first place. This is exactly the kind of case that may spur changes in the laws that govern those crowd sourced donation sites.

 

[K_Z]

Shanesha Taylor due back in court Oct 27, which is also the deadline to fund the court-ordered trusts.

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/stor...g-interview-must-pay-trusts-or-lose-plea-deal

"Once they realize and associate the person with the name, they back away, or offers are rescinded when things have gone well up to that point," said Taylor.

Now then, real world consequences for personal choices aren't that pleasant, eh? No one made you leave your 6 month old and 2 year old in the car in the hot AZ sun, while you went to a job interview. You're intensely lucky both children are still alive, and you have the freedom to play "chicken" games with your plea deal and the courts.

Maybe some more jail time would persuade Ms. Taylor that what she did to her kids was very, very serious? Because this seems to be some kind of a game to her. $114,000 dollars handed to her, no questions asked and no obligations , and she can't seem to manage to set aside $60K to stay out of jail? To do right by her 3 children, as the courts directed when they gave her ANOTHER chance to make the right choices??

Cry me a river. I have not an ounce of compassion left for this woman. She's made her own bad choices that will forever affect her children. I still am aghast that so many people gave her donations for her parenting negligence. And I'm disgusted that she is getting so many "do-overs" for being continuously negligent. IMO.