(CBS News) A Nutley, New Jersey, mother was arrested after taking her 6-year-old daughter to a
tanning salon and allegedly causing a slight burn by allowing the child to use one of the tanning beds.
arrest in Essex County, New Jersey, on charges of child endangerment. (Essex County Prosecutor's Office)
However, Patricia Krentcil, 44, tells WCBS in New
York that the whole thing was a big misunderstanding.
Krentcil, 44, admits to a love for tanning, but insists she
would never tan her daughter’s fair skin artificially.
“I’ve been tanning my whole life, going to the beach, tanning
salons and so forth,” she says.
WCBS reports: “Krentcil said when the school nurse asked her daughter how she got
burned, she simply said, ‘I go tanning with mommy.’ However, the woman said her daughter’s burn was not from getting into
a tanning bed, but from being outside and playing in the backyard.”
Krentcil has been charged with second degree child
endangerment, according to ABC News.
