Police: Woman left 2 young daughters in cold car while she got makeup done at store in Md mall
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Authorities say a woman has been charged with child neglect, accused of leaving her two young daughters in a cold car while she had her makeup done in a mall department store.
The Charles County Sheriff's Office says deputies were called to the Waldorf mall Tuesday evening by someone who heard children crying in a car outside. Police say officers found the girls, ages 3 and 6, and put them in a patrol car.
Authorities say the outdoor temperature was 16 degrees.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Mall security paged the girls' mother, who met with deputies. Deputies say she'd been in the store more than 90 minutes getting her makeup done.
Twenty-eight-year-old Regina Marie Coleman was charged.
Online court records do not list an attorney for Coleman. Her daughters were turned over to relatives.