Police Force Mother to Leave Child Unattended

Victoria Brice Magnum has brought a $1 million suit against three deputies and former Sheriff Weldon Tucker for forcing her to abandon her child during a roadside arrest. ... [Officer] was reportedly monitoring Magnum's car from his patrol unit until Magnum's mother arrived. According to reports, the urgency to leave the scene was to avoid a jurisdictional conflict with Pct. 3 Constable Don Walters, who was in a relationship with Magnum's mother and en route. "They were arresting her for an expired driver's license, this wasn't criminal murder," Cortez said in a previous interview. "They did leave the kid unattended. Saying it was reasonable to leave the kid sitting there is ludicrous...in order to avoid an argument, [the deputy] decided to abandon a 2-year-old." Cortez said when Magnum's mother and brother arrived, the child was awake and trying to get out of her car seat.