Ohio woman pleads guilty to burglarizing homes while pregnant as her children waited in car
By APWednesday, June 23, 2010
Woman pleads guilty to burglaries while pregnant
CINCINNATI — An Ohio woman who authorities say burglarized homes while her children waited in her car and at times used her 5-year-old son to help with break-ins has pleaded guilty to various charges.
Samantha Brewer, of the Cincinnati suburb of Cleves, pleaded guilty Wednesday to burglary, attempted burglary and child endangering.
A prosecutor says most of the crimes occurred while 26-year-old Brewer was taking her sons, now 6 and 7, to or from school. Authorities say she sometimes used her younger son as a lookout and at least once put him inside a house through a window to unlock the door.
Brewer was pregnant at the time of the April and May burglaries in Harrison. She says she gave birth to a girl on June 4 while in jail.
She blamed the burglaries on an addiction to pain medication.
Information from: The Cincinnati Enquirer, www.enquirer.com
