Two children were left in hot cars over the past 2 weeks in Murfreesboro.

In one case, a 21-year-old woman left a child unattended in her car as she went into Kroger on Memorial Boulevard. Evidently, a police officer was informed by a store employee that a woman entered the store while leaving her car running and unlocked. Inside the car... a small child sitting in the back seat.

The officer who was on the scene stayed with the car until the female left the store. She was then issued a misdemeanor citation and the Department of Children Services were notified.

A second incident of a child being left unattended in a car actually involved several children.

On Monday, July 8, 2019 officers learned that two kids were sitting inside of a Toyota Tundra with the windows rolled up and an outside temperature of 90 degrees. The truck was parked in front of the Publix store on the New Salem Highway. Apparently, the mom was inside the store buying wine.

Source:
MPD 19-0013320
MPD 19-0013702