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A Long Island mom was arrested after her 15-year-old daughter got pulled over for speeding
The Mastic Beach resident handed the girl the car keys to drive herself to work, and the girl got caught speeding on Sunrise Highway
The mom was charged with endangering the welfare of a child
A Long Island mom was arrested after her 15-year-old daughter got pulled over for speeding, police said.
A highway patrol officer pulled the 15-year-old girl over on Sunrise Highway, near exit 62 in Eastport, around 9:30 a.m. on Sunday after they caught her speeding in a 1997 Mercury Sable, Suffolk County police said.
Her mother Yolanda Martinez-Reymundo, 41, handed the girl the car keys to drive herself to work, according to police.
It wasn’t clear how fast the girl was going or why Martinez-Reymundo didn’t drive her daughter to work herself.
The Mastic Beach resident was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, police said. She’s expected to be arraigned on Monday.
