An Indiana woman was arrested after she allegedly boarded a bus with a toddler inside a suitcase last month.
29-year-old Ashley N. Gibson was charged with child neglect and criminal recklessness in connection to the Dec. 12 incident.
Gibson allegedly zipped a 2-year-old boy inside the suitcase before boarding a Bloomington Transit bus, police said.
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The bus driver noticed a child was inside the suitcase, pulled over, and called 911.
Gibson told officers that she placed the boy inside the suitcase to “keep him warm” after asking a family caseworker who told her it was “okay to do.”
Detectives determined the child had been there for at least 18 minutes.
