CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - An 81-year-old woman is out of jail on $50,000 bail after police say she left her two great-grandchildren and a dog in a car while shopping at a Charleston Walmart.
Geneva Roper Johnson is charged with two counts of unlawful conduct toward a child and one count of animal neglect.
Investigators say an employee saw the 8-year-old girl, 9-year-old boy and the dog inside the car with the windows rolled up and the keys in the ignition around 7 p.m. Wednesday. She convinced the kids to unlock the car and come inside.
Police say Johnson was in the store about an hour, but she says it was just a few minutes.
Lawyer Will Waring says Johnson just had a lapse in judgment and didn't mean to harm the children.
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