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A Texas mother faces charges of endangering a minor after forcing her 14-year-old son to travel in the trunk of her car to undergo a COVID test at a drive-thru site.
Sarah Beam, 42, from the Cyprus-Fairbanks area near Houston, allegedly put the teenager in the trunk while driving to the Ken Pridgeon Stadium test site after testing positive for the virus on January 3. for another test.
The Cypress Fairbanks ISD Police Department (Cy-Fair ISD PD) issued an arrest warrant on Friday, according to KETK.
Police said Beam stopped at the giant tent set up on Falcon Road when Bevin Gordon, the director of health services at the site, heard a noise inside her trunk.
Beam, who has worked in the Cy-Fair district as a teacher since 2011, told Gordon that her son had tested positive for the virus and needed to be quarantined, according to the court affidavit.
She told Gordon that she placed the trunk in it to protect herself from the virus and wanted to do additional testing, police said.
Police did not say whether her unidentified mother or son were vaccinated.
When he opened the trunk, Gordon found the boy lying inside the vehicle and told Beam that he could not receive a test for COVID-19 until the boy was safely sitting in the back seat.
Surveillance footage obtained by the Cy-Fair ISD Police Department
Surveillance footage obtained by the Cy-Fair ISD Police Department reportedly showed the 14-year-old exiting the trunk and climbing into the back seat.
The teen was not injured during the incident, Cy-Fair ISD spokeswoman Leslie Francis said in a statement.
Beam recently worked as a teacher in the district, but she is currently on administrative leave, Francis said.
Harris County currently has 100,000 COVID-19 cases with an average of 10,000 in seven days. Texas has seen a nearly 400 percent increase in cases in the past two weeks.
The county, which encompasses Houston, currently has 57 percent of its citizens fully vaccinated.
Sarah Beam Quick and Facts
- Sarah Beam, 42, of Harris County, has been charged with child endangerment after the site director found her son in her trunk
- Bevin Gordon, the health services director at the site, had Beam open her trunk and found her 14-year-son laying in the trunk
- Beam said her son had tested positive for COVID-19 and was in the trunk to avoid exposing her
- Gordon would not allow Beam to receive testing for her or her son until he was safely seated in the backseat
- Police have now issued a warrant for her arrest
