Mom Arrested - Kids Left in Car

Saturday, reports say a 35-year-old mother was arrested after she left her children

inside a car outside Walmart in Washington, NC. The warrant issued for her arrest

stated that Erika Dixon Johson was ordered to not enter that Walmart store.

Reports say Johnson failed to pay for clothes she had hidden inside a trash can at the

Walmart on Pamlico Plaza. Reports say while she was being questioned, she lied to

police about the location of her vehicle, but a 3-year-old child asked about the children

that were in the vehicle. When the Walmart store’s security footage was reviewed,

officers learned 2 children, a 3-month-old and a 2-year-old child were in the car.

When law enforcement located the vehicle, they found the two children not moving as

the children had become overheated. The temperature on Saturday was around 75

degrees. Although the children were reported to have been sweating, they were in

stable condition.

Court records showed Johnson was arrested and charged with:

2 counts of misdemeanor child abuse

Second-degree trespassing

Shoplifting/concealment of goods

2 counts of resisting a public officer

Possession of a Schedule III controlled substance

Records also showed she had also parked in a handicap spot and was cited with

parking in a handicap spot.

Court documents showed that Johnson’s bond was set at $35,000, and that if she were

to be released, she would not be allowed “to go on any premises of Walmart in the

world.”