'Tanning mom' won't face child endangerment charge
New Jersey mom was accused of taking her five-year-old daughter into a tanning booth
The Associated Press
Posted: Feb 26, 2013 6:19 PM ET
Last Updated: Feb 26, 2013 8:16 PM ET
A Newark, N.J., grand jury refused to indict Patricia Krentcil, who gained noteriety as the 'tanning mom,' on an endangerment charge for allegedly taking her then 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth. (Julio Cortez/AP)
A grand jury in New Jersey has decided to let a woman who gained overnight notoriety as "the tanning mom" bronze away in peace.
A grand jury in Newark refused to indict Patricia Krentcil on a charge she took her young daughter into a tanning booth with her, prosecutors said Tuesday. New Jersey state law bans children under 14 from using tanning salons.
Krentcil, 44, was arrested last April and charged with child endangerment for allegedly bringing her then-five-year-old daughter into a tanning booth.
Police became involved after school officials noticed burns on Krentcil's daughter's legs. Krentcil said that her daughter's burn came from the sun on an unusually warm day and that she would never take the girl into a tanning booth.
The arrest generated wide publicity partly because of Krentcil's deep tan and professed love of tanning salons. Her instant fame even extended to a toy company making a "tanoerexic" action figure based on her.
The arrest and subsequent media frenzy also brought unwanted attention to the northern New Jersey tanning salon that Krentcil had frequented, and the salon incurred fines unrelated to the allegation against Krentcil.
A message left Tuesday for Krentcil's attorney was not immediately returned.
Prosecutors said the case is over.
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