PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) _ A Texas woman is facing child endangerment charges after allegedly bringing her 10-year-old son into the cab of a tractor-trailer at a New Hampshire truck stop and having sex with the driver in exchange for a ride to Texas.
Police say Crystal Walden of Hurst was drunk when she brought her underdressed child to the Travel Center of America truck stop in Greenland on Saturday night in an attempt to return to Texas to her husband.
Walden, 34, is charged with two misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child for getting into an “unknown male’s vehicle and engaging in sexual intercourse” in front of the child and for not having the child properly dressed for the cold weather.
The judge conditioned her release on her not having any unsupervised contact with her children. Her next court appearance is Feb. 11.
Authorities have not indicated whether the truck driver will face any charges.