Salon owner says girl was not in tanning booth

Posted: May 03, 2012 6:17 AM
Updated: May 03, 2012 6:18 AM

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AP - The owner of a northern New Jersey tanning salon denies that a mother caused skin burns to her young child by putting her in a tanning booth.

Patricia Krentcil faces a second-degree child endangerment charge. Through her attorney, she pleaded not guilty in Newark Municipal Court on Wednesday morning. Krentcil is free on $2,500 cash bond.

The owner of City Tropics Salon in Nutley says employees who were there on the day in question told him the then-5-year-old girl remained outside with her father and brother and didn't go into the tanning booth. She has since turned 6.

It is against New Jersey law for anyone under 14 to use a tanning salon.