'Stay in the grass away from cars': Mom allegedly abandoned 4-year-old on side of interstate
Ashley Marie Johnson was arrested after she allegedly abandoned her 4-year-old daughter on the side of the interstate and told her to "stay in the grass away from cars.'
lawandcrime.com
A 37-year-old mother in North Dakota was arrested this week for allegedly abandoning one of her two children on the side of the interstate, leaving the 4-year-old girl alone with nothing but the spotted cow onesie pajamas he was wearing.
Ashley Marie Johnson was taken into custody on Tuesday and charged with one felony count of abandonment of a child, one felony count of neglect of a child, and one misdemeanor count of reckless endangerment in connection with the incident, authorities confirmed to Law&Crime.
The investigation into Johnson began when a concerned citizen at about 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 3 called the Walsh County Police Department and reported that they had spotted a “very young child” wearing spotted black and white onesie pajamas walking along the side of Interstate 29 near the 63rd Street overpass, according to a report from Fargo, North Dakota AM radio station WDAY.
