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09-06-2006, 03:56 PM
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Deputies say year-old girl fell to pavement as woman tried to flee after hit-and-run accident in Canyon County
A 1-year-old Caldwell girl is in foster care today after she fell from her grandmother's vehicle on Idaho 44 while the woman reportedly was trying to evade police.
Carolynn Boots, 43, is in the Canyon County jail on charges of felony injury to a child, resisting arrest and leaving the scene of an accident. Investigators say Boots was reportedly driving with the baby in her lap, then got in a hit-and-run accident and attempted to flee while deputies opened the passenger door and reached in. The little girl fell through the open door and hit the pavement.
The baby's mother, 19-year-old Briana Mays, said officials told her she could not get her daughter, England, back unless she stopped living with her mother, Boots.
"I know she didn't do it intentionally," Mays said. "She has never injured my daughter. She didn't kidnap my daughter."
Mays said Boots has suffered from post-traumatic stress since she and Mays' brother, Landon Boots, were viciously attacked by a pit bull terrier in November 2002. Boots and her 9-year-old son spent six days in the hospital and endured reconstructive surgeries.
She said Boots was sitting in her black Ford Explorer at their Caldwell home Monday evening and asked to hold her granddaughter.
When Mays turned to speak with a friend, her mother pulled out of the driveway. She said she didn't worry, because she knew her mother had a child seat in the back of the Explorer and assumed she had taken England for a ride or to a park to play and relax, she said.
Mays said a social worker told her that her mother is a danger to her daughter and that Mays would not get the little girl back until she moved away from her parents' home.
"I'm going to do whatever I have to do to get my baby back," Mays said. "I'm a good mother."
The incident started about 7:30 p.m. Monday when a witness called the Canyon County Sheriff's Office and reported a woman was holding a small child on her lap while driving a black Explorer in the area of Idaho 44 and Interstate 84.
Deputies couldn't find the vehicle at first, then about 15 minutes later, the Explorer was reportedly involved in a hit-and-run traffic accident on Idaho 44 just east of Idaho 30. A witness followed the Explorer from the accident, and deputies were able to stop the Explorer west of Middleton on Idaho 44.
As deputies attempted to remove Boots from the car and open the passenger-side door, she put her granddaughter in the passenger seat and tried to drive away by making a U-turn, deputies said.
As the sport utility vehicle turned, the little girl fell through the open door onto the street, they said. The Explorer stopped a short distance away.
One deputy tended to the child, administering CPR when the girl seemed unresponsive and first aid for scratches and bruises, while other deputies struggled to take Boots into custody, Canyon County sheriff's Capt. Dana Maxfield said. Boots resisted arrest, and deputies had to use a Taser stun gun on her, he said.
Boots was taken to West Valley Medical Center in Caldwell for treatment of a minor foot injury before being taken to the Canyon County Jail. She continued to be combative in custody, Maxfield said, and deputies were unable to book her into the jail until late Tuesday afternoon.
A charge of aggravated driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol may be added against Boots pending the outcome of lab test results, Maxfield said.
http://idahostatesman.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060906/NEWS01/609060354
Deputies say year-old girl fell to pavement as woman tried to flee after hit-and-run accident in Canyon County
A 1-year-old Caldwell girl is in foster care today after she fell from her grandmother's vehicle on Idaho 44 while the woman reportedly was trying to evade police.
Carolynn Boots, 43, is in the Canyon County jail on charges of felony injury to a child, resisting arrest and leaving the scene of an accident. Investigators say Boots was reportedly driving with the baby in her lap, then got in a hit-and-run accident and attempted to flee while deputies opened the passenger door and reached in. The little girl fell through the open door and hit the pavement.
The baby's mother, 19-year-old Briana Mays, said officials told her she could not get her daughter, England, back unless she stopped living with her mother, Boots.
"I know she didn't do it intentionally," Mays said. "She has never injured my daughter. She didn't kidnap my daughter."
Mays said Boots has suffered from post-traumatic stress since she and Mays' brother, Landon Boots, were viciously attacked by a pit bull terrier in November 2002. Boots and her 9-year-old son spent six days in the hospital and endured reconstructive surgeries.
She said Boots was sitting in her black Ford Explorer at their Caldwell home Monday evening and asked to hold her granddaughter.
When Mays turned to speak with a friend, her mother pulled out of the driveway. She said she didn't worry, because she knew her mother had a child seat in the back of the Explorer and assumed she had taken England for a ride or to a park to play and relax, she said.
Mays said a social worker told her that her mother is a danger to her daughter and that Mays would not get the little girl back until she moved away from her parents' home.
"I'm going to do whatever I have to do to get my baby back," Mays said. "I'm a good mother."
The incident started about 7:30 p.m. Monday when a witness called the Canyon County Sheriff's Office and reported a woman was holding a small child on her lap while driving a black Explorer in the area of Idaho 44 and Interstate 84.
Deputies couldn't find the vehicle at first, then about 15 minutes later, the Explorer was reportedly involved in a hit-and-run traffic accident on Idaho 44 just east of Idaho 30. A witness followed the Explorer from the accident, and deputies were able to stop the Explorer west of Middleton on Idaho 44.
As deputies attempted to remove Boots from the car and open the passenger-side door, she put her granddaughter in the passenger seat and tried to drive away by making a U-turn, deputies said.
As the sport utility vehicle turned, the little girl fell through the open door onto the street, they said. The Explorer stopped a short distance away.
One deputy tended to the child, administering CPR when the girl seemed unresponsive and first aid for scratches and bruises, while other deputies struggled to take Boots into custody, Canyon County sheriff's Capt. Dana Maxfield said. Boots resisted arrest, and deputies had to use a Taser stun gun on her, he said.
Boots was taken to West Valley Medical Center in Caldwell for treatment of a minor foot injury before being taken to the Canyon County Jail. She continued to be combative in custody, Maxfield said, and deputies were unable to book her into the jail until late Tuesday afternoon.
A charge of aggravated driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol may be added against Boots pending the outcome of lab test results, Maxfield said.
http://idahostatesman.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060906/NEWS01/609060354