GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Police have charged a woman after they say a viral post showed her son riding in an open car trunk while she was driving.
Gwinnett County police said they received reports about the post on Sunday. The post appeared to show a 12-year-old boy in the back of a gray Dodge Challenger holding a baby bassinet, but it was unclear where the woman was driving.
On Monday, a detective used the FLOCK camera database and placed the car in the area of Pleasant Hill Road and Shackleford Road on Sunday.
Police identified the car owner as 36-year-old Diane Shaffer. The mother told Gwinnett County police she had purchased the baby bassinet after she saw an online ad for it.
She went to pick up the item and said her son was sitting in the Challenger’s trunk to secure the item. Police charged Shaffer with reckless driving and seatbelt violation and placed her son with family members before she was booked on Tuesday.
Shaffer is now out on bond.
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