Charges have been dismissed against a mother who abandoned her newborn baby in North Myrtle Beach, where she worked as part of the J-1 visa program.
Britney Wheatle, who was 21 at the time, was arrested after leaving her baby in some bushes in a neighborhood in August 2023. The infant survived after being found by a resident walking in the area.
The charges against Wheatle were dropped March 18, 2025, after she completed a parenting plan through the South Carolina Department of Social Services, said 15th Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson…