In a surreal scene that could have been choreographed by a Hollywood comedy writer, a woman opens the back of a Ford Explorer and helps a young girl exit — from a small pet kennel where she'd been latched in.
Only this is no joke.
The woman in the viral video, Leimome Cheeks, 62, was charged Sunday with two counts of child endangerment after a bystander recorded her letting her two grandchildren out from pet kennels in a vehicle.
According to police reports, Cheeks drove the kennel-bound kids, an 8-year-old and a 7-year-old, for miles around Memphis on Saturday.
"Leimome Cheeks was interviewed and admitted to riding from Whitehaven to Collierville with the children in the kennel,'' a police affidavit says. "Cheeks further advised they also drove downtown, however she checked on the children periodically and later removed them from the kennel and put them in the rear seats of her her vehicle.''
According the the affidavit, Cheeks said "there was no room inside the vehicle earlier in the day,'' so she "told them to get inside the kennel.''
The report notes the temperature "reached 95 degrees and there were no vents in the rear of the Ford Explorer.''
Cheeks posted a $100 bond and was released Sunday. She will be in court Monday for an arraignment hearing on the charges.
The Commercial Appeal has obtained a copy of the video. In it, a girl climbs out of a kennel from the back of Ford Explorer that appears to be parked in front of the Graceland mansion in Whitehaven.
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2. "If she rigged safety seats inside the cages, then she might have a case" In response to Reply # 0
AC works in the back of an SUV, so they weren't going to be hot. If she can argue that the kids were strapped down properly then she might beat this on a technicality.
Of course we know she ain't do all that and just put them bad-ass kids in the whatever she could find large enough at Pet Smart.
5. "Don't matter what the article says, we all know how air flow works" In response to Reply # 3
If she had the AC on then it was going to cool the ENTIRE cabin. No need for the author to put their journalistic spin on things. There are no vents in the backseat area of my Honda Civic, for example, yet the heat and AC still cools the rear.
If this was a pickup with a cap, then it would be a different story.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Mon Jun-11-18 10:07 AM
4. "that old ass Ford Explorer's AC prolly don't even work " In response to Reply # 2
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6. "A/C works perfectly on my 1999 Civic" In response to Reply # 4
not trying to cop pleas for this lady, AT ALL, but damn... the cages are bad enough. I doubt heat was a factor at all. Crazy how the rear of an Explorer is suddenly a hell-hot deathtrap when they want it to be.
Again, the cages are bad enough. No need to exaggerate things. Next thing they gonna allege the "car smelled like weed" and she was surfing snapchat while drinking a 40.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Mon Jun-11-18 10:23 AM
7. "nigga you really think a plastic crate doesn't retain hear? " In response to Reply # 6
lemme guess.
You didn't watch the video and didn't have all the details
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Mon Jun-11-18 10:29 AM
10. "haha.. ok bruh. good observation. " In response to Reply # 9 Mon Jun-11-18 10:31 AM by legsdiamond
she also exited the vehicle weak knee'd but keep defending this type of care.
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11. "Probably because she was cramped-up in a cage for a while" In response to Reply # 10
>she also exited the vehicle weak knee'd but keep defending >this type of care.
Not defending this type of behaviour, just pointing out that the biggest danger to the kids was the fact that they were unsecured in unsecured cages in the car. If she crashed, then those kids would have been fucked-up.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79621 posts
Mon Jun-11-18 11:12 AM
12. "I don't think the heat was the main factor in this story" In response to Reply # 11
just something that doesn't help her cause.
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