DETROIT — A Michigan mother is facing criminal charges for allegedly dropping off her 3-year-old child at a day care center with a loaded gun in the minor’s backpack, prosecutors announced on June 4.
The Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office said the incident occurred on May 14 when Kelly Reid, 34, dropped off her child at a day care center in Royal Oak, a suburb of Detroit. Prosecutors said an employee would later discover a loaded handgun after opening the backpack, an item that was supposed to contain her child’s snack.
Reid had allegedly placed the gun in the child’s backpack to carry it to and from her car, but failed to remove it before dropping off her child, according to the prosecutor’s office. The name of the child care center where the incident occurred was not released…