A woman has been charged with endangering a child after police said she dragged her 7 year old granddaughter behind a vehicle for several hundred feet, Taylor police Capt. Don Georgens said.

Carol Ware, 47, was arrested after a witnesses reported the incident. She was booked into the Williamson County Jail and released Sunday after posting $10,000 bail, court records show. If convicted of the state jail felony, Ware faces up to two years in a state jail.

Ware had stopped her Ford Expedition at a shopping center in the 100 block of West Lake Drive in Taylor about 11:05 p.m., Georgens said. Both Ware and the 7 year old got out, Georgens said, but he was not sure whether Ware knew her granddaughter had also exited.

After Ware began driving away, Georgens said, the girl grabbed the back of the vehicle and became tangled on the bumper. He did not know how fast the SUV was traveling.

Witnesses told investigators they yelled at the woman to stop and heard the girl screaming as well, Georgens said. Ware stopped and let the girl in, he said.

Police pulled her vehicle over a short time later, and the girl was treated for injuries to her legs and feet, Georgens said.

“Accidents do happen, but there was just a little bit more to this one,” he said. “Officers … felt she was negligent.”

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A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly leaves a child in a motor vehicle for longer than five minutes, knowing that the child is: younger than seven years of age;  and not attended by an individual in the vehicle who is 14 years of age or older.

An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

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In this section, “abandon” means to leave a child in any place without providing reasonable and necessary care for the child, under circumstances under which no reasonable, similarly situated adult would leave a child of that age and ability.

A person commits an offense if, having custody, care, or control of a child younger than 15 years, he intentionally abandons the child in any place under circumstances that expose the child to an unreasonable risk of harm.

A person commits an offense if he intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence, by act or omission, engages in conduct that places a child younger than 15 years in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment.

It is presumed that a person engaged in conduct that places a child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment if: the person manufactured, possessed, or in any way introduced into the body of any person the controlled substance methamphetamine in the presence of the child; the person’s conduct related to the proximity or accessibility of the controlled substance methamphetamine to the child and an analysis of a specimen of the child’s blood, urine, or other bodily substance indicates the presence of methamphetamine in the child’s body; or the person injected, ingested, inhaled, or otherwise introduced a controlled substance into the human body when the person was not in lawful possession of the substance.

Except, an offense is: a state jail felony if the actor abandoned the child with intent to return for the child; or a felony of the third degree if the actor abandoned the child without intent to return for the child.

An offense is a felony of the second degree if the actor abandons the child under circumstances that a reasonable person would believe would place the child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment.

An offense is a state jail felony.

It is a defense to prosecution that the act or omission enables the child to practice for or participate in an organized athletic event and that appropriate safety equipment and procedures are employed in the event.

It is an exception to the application of this section that the actor voluntarily delivered the child to a designated emergency infant care provider.

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