The man
who was accused of leaving a boy alone in a hot car while he went
shoplifting with the child’s mother has been found guilty .
A
jury Thursday found Stephen Clemens guilty of child neglect and entering
without breaking.
The
incident took place in the parking lot of Kohl’s at the Highlands
back in July.
Police
said Clemens took his girlfriend’s 9-year-old son to a hot car after the child
was being fussy in the store. While the boy was in the car, Clemens and his
girlfriend, Jeanette Darnley, shoplifted in the store.
Darnley
entered an Alford Plea on a charge of child neglect on October 18. The plea
means she did not admit guilt but recognized prosecutors have enough evidence
to convict her.
Darnley faces up to 5 years
behind bars when sentenced. Clemens faces one to five years in jail on the
child neglect conviction, and one to 10 years for entering without breaking.
