VANCOUVER, Wash. — A woman who tried to sell her baby boy at a Taco Bell restaurant in southwest Washington will be free from jail soon.
Under an agreement with Clark County prosecutors, Heidi Knowles, 36, pleaded guilty Thursday to reckless endangerment and was sentenced to 77 days in jail by a county judge.
The Columbian reports Knowles has already served that amount of time and will be released this week.
According to court documents, prosecutors say Knowles approached a woman in the restaurant on July 14, handed her 1-year-old boy to her and offered to sell him for between $500 and $5,000. The woman declined and called 911.
Child Protective Services took the baby and later placed him with a relative. Court hearings on the child’s custody are pending.
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