Earlier this week, an 18-year-old mother stood along a busy road and held up a sign.
"Laid off cant find a job anything helps, god bless please help, happy holidays," it read.
Bridgette Patricia Baldyga of St. Petersburg had 75 cents and 11/2 pills of Xanax in her pocket. She also had her 22-month-old daughter with her.
And sometime while Baldyga was panhandling, police say, the toddler wandered into traffic. A passing motorist called authorities, telling police he had seen the child collecting money.
Baldyga was arrested about 3:45 p.m. Thursday in the 7700 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street N. She is facing charges of child abuse and possession of a controlled substance.
"She said she needed money to provide for her daughter and normally she's a good mother, and she understands that her daughter should not be out in traffic," police spokesman Mike Puetz said.
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