A 34-year-old man accused of abandoning his 4-year-old daughter on a Pierce County freeway was charged with felony child abandonment Monday.
Morgan Barnes was arrested on Saturday after witnesses spotted him remove his child from the backseat of his SUV on SR 512 near Pioneer Avenue in Puyallup.
Daughter abandoned on Pierce County freeway
Barnes left his child near the fog line between the shoulder and traffic lanes of the freeway because she was being “disruptive and loud,” according to court documents obtained by KING 5.
Washington State Patrol (WSP) Trooper Shannon McKenzie noted witnesses pulled over to prevent the child from entering the freeway lanes until law enforcement arrived…