Alabama teen found riding in box atop van, mom charged; Secured with clothes hanger, police told

ALBERTVILLE, Ala. (AP) - A Marshall County woman has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child after police say she let her daughter ride in a box on top of their van.

Albertville Police spokesman Sgt. Jamie Smith said 37-year-old Jackie Denise Knott was arrested Sunday after police received a call of a minivan traveling on U.S. 431 with a large cardboard box on top with a child inside.

Smith said the woman told police the box was too big to go inside the van, and that her daughter was inside the box to hold it down.

Smith said Knott told officers it was safe because she had the box secured to the van with a clothes hanger.

The teen was turned over to a relative and the Department of Human Resources was notified. A worker at the Albertville city jail said Knott was out on bond Monday.

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Information from: The Huntsville Times, http://www.al.com/hsvtimes/hsv.html

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