Child neglect charges filed
Two Kingfisher mothers were charged last week with felony child neglect in unrelated cases filed in Kingfi sher County District Court.
A warrant was still outstanding at press time Friday for the arrest of Stevie Ray Goodblanket, 31, 221 S. Ninth St., after her two children, ages 6 and 3, were found next to the ATM at the BancFirst drive through in Kingfisher Oct. 7.
The younger child was naked and the older child told bank employees she was trying to withdraw $100 from the ATM to buy food at Love’s because they were hungry, according to an affidavit signed by Kingfisher Police Offi cer Justin Conner.
Bank employees called police and then found clothing for the younger child and gave both children something to eat.
The children were transported to the police department while Officer Aaron Schlegel drove to their home, where he allegedly found the front door wide open and Goodblanket asleep inside, according to the affi davit.
Goodblanket told police she worked nights and did not take the older child to school because Goodblanket was not feeling well.
Police talked to a school official who said the school had “significant concerns” about the family and had just sent out a parental warning letter about the 6-year-old’s excessive absences.
The children were taken into Department of Human Services custody, according to the affi davit.
Sara Lynn Quinn, aka Sara Lumpkin, 34, 801 Kens Road, Apt. B1, Kingfisher, was arrested Oct. 30 and is being held on $10,000 bond on allegations that she left her 10- and 9-year-old children unsupervised while she was passed out due to alcohol consumption.
Quinn also faces a misdemeanor charge of shoplifting.
Police visited Quinn’s home last May based on a report that she and another individual had pushed a shopping cart loaded with merchandise out of the Walmart garden center door and then to her home in the Meeker Apartments without paying for it.
According to an affidavit signed by Kingfisher Police Offi - cer Broden Carls, officers found a shopping cart in front of Quinn’s apartment complex and were greeted by a 10-year-old boy at the front door.
When police asked to speak to his mother, the boy went back in and came out to say she was coming. The boy talked to police for awhile, went back inside and came back out to say that his mother would not talk to them, according to the affi davit.
After viewing surveillance video the next day of Quinn’s alleged shoplifting at WalMart, police came back to the apartment and were greeted by a 9-year-old girl and again asked to speak to Quinn.
The girl left the door open and went back inside but did not come back out. After identifying themselves as police and calling for both the girl and her mother through the open door with no response, officers went inside for a welfare check, according to the affi davit.
They found Quinn apparently passed out in her bed, with the girl lying next to her watching a movie.
DHS child welfare workers were called to the home and relatives were notified to take custody of the children, according to the affi davit.
Quinn is scheduled to make her initial court appearance at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.
If convicted, both mothers face a wide range of potential sentences on the felony abuse charges, from up to a year in the county jail to up to life in prison, or a fine of $500 to $5,000.