AUSTIN, Minn. – An Austin mother, Liliana Garcia, 29, pleaded guilty to leaving her child in her vehicle while she was at work. The judge placed her on one year of supervised probation and fined her $500. Garcia was arrested in early November 2019 after police received a call about a child alone in a vehicle at the Hormel plant parking lot. Police said Garcia had reported for work at 6:30 a.m., about seven hours earlier. Garcia said she thought she dropped the child off at the babysitter but wasn’t sure. The child was OK.
Garcia. Forgot the child?