Mom allegedly stuffed son in trunk because he had COVID, needed to be quarantined

Sarah Beam, a trainer at Cypress Falls Excessive Faculty, faces costs of kid endangerment.
Cypress Fairbanks Unbiased Faculty District

A Texas mom faces prison costs after she allegedly stuffed her 13-year-old son within the trunk of her automobile — as a result of he examined constructive for COVID-19 and she or he didn’t need to get uncovered, authorities mentioned.

Sarah Beam, 41, allegedly packed up her son and took him to a drive-thru coronavirus testing middle in Houston on Jan. 3, in keeping with native outlet KPRC.

Witnesses reported listening to noises coming from the again of Beam’s car when she pulled as much as the tented testing middle at Ken Pridgeon Stadium, in keeping with courtroom paperwork obtained by the outlet.

Bevin Gordon, the well being providers director on the web site, requested Beam to open the trunk — revealing the teenager mendacity down inside, the charging docs state.

Beam, who has labored as a trainer within the Cypress-Fairbanks Unbiased Faculty District since 2011, defined she was attempting to maintain her son remoted.

“(The mom) said that she put (her son) contained in the trunk to stop her from getting uncovered to doable COVID whereas driving (him) to the stadium for extra testing,” the submitting says.

Gordon instructed Beam that she and her son wouldn't be examined till the teenager was faraway from the trunk and seated within the again seat of the automobile. He then known as the police.

Authorities say the 13-year-old youngster “was not harmed” when he was found contained in the trunk of the automobile at a COVID testing web site in Texas.

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The varsity district runs the testing web site and has its personal police division which investigated the incident. Cops mentioned the kid “was not harmed.”

Surveillance footage from the testing web site confirmed Beam opening the trunk door and her son climbing out, in keeping with the possible trigger assertion. 

The Cypress Fairbanks ISD Police Division mentioned a warrant was issued for Beam’s arrest Friday on youngster endangerment costs.

Beam most not too long ago labored as a trainer at Cypress Falls Excessive Faculty. She has been positioned on administrative go away.

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