US girl put in care after police arrest parents over alleged sandwich theft

Girl's pregnant mother claims she ate sandwich in Honolulu supermarket after feeling faint

 

A three-year-old American girl was put into state care for 18 hours after her parents were arrested for allegedly stealing two sandwiches at a supermarket in Honolulu.

The girl's mother, Nicole Leczcyzynski, who is 30 weeks pregnant, was feeling faint and ate a chicken salad sandwich while shopping at a Safeway store on Wednesday, she told the local television station KHON.

She paid for roughly $50 worth of groceries but forgot about the two sandwiches, valued at $5 each, according to Safeway.

The family was stopped by security staff while leaving the store. Leczcyzynski offered to pay for the sandwiches, she said, but the security guard called the police, the couple were arrested, and their daughter was taken into custody by child protective services, a state welfare group.

"We walked a long way to the grocery store and I was feeling faint, dizzy, like I needed to eat something, so we decided to pick up some sandwiches and eat them while we were shopping," she told the local station.

Safeway said it was investigating the incident.

"From our preliminary investigation, it appears we may not have handled this matter in the best possible way. We are taking this situation seriously, and giving it our full attention,"the company said on Saturday.

Both Leczcyzynski, and her husband, Marcin, were charged with theft, Honolulu police said.

Via:guardian