Accused tanning mom case going to grand jury

A Nutley, New Jersey woman has been arrested and charged for allegedly bringing her young child to a tanning booth.

  Eyewitness NewsNUTLEY, New Jersey (WABC) -- The case of a New Jersey mother accused of taking her young daughter into a tanning booth is heading to a grand jury.

Prosecutors say Patricia Krentcil's 5-year-old daughter suffered first-degree burns when she was brought into a stand up tanning booth.

Krentcil, 44, is charged with second-degree child endangerment.

New Jersey law states nobody under the age of 14 is allowed to use a tanning facility. Anyone under the age of 18 needs parental consent.

Krentcil has pleaded not guilty and remains free on a $2,500 cash bond.

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New Jersey panel to consider underage tanning ban

  Eyewitness NewsTRENTON -- New Jersey lawmakers are set to consider a measure that would bar anyone under 18 from using tanning beds.

The measure will go before the Assembly's Women and Children Committee on Monday.

A 2006 state law bans tanning bed use by anyone under 14, and requires written parental consent for those ages 14 to 17.

The issue has seen renewed interest after a Nutley woman was accused this month of taking her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth. That allegedly resulted in burns to the child's skin, and the woman has pleaded not guilty to child endangerment.

A similar measure was approved by a state Assembly panel and the full Senate last year.

California and Vermont are the only states that now ban tanning for children under age 18.

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Mom in tanning controversy sparks 'tanorexic' doll

  Eyewitness NewsOXFORD, Conn. -- A Connecticut novelty company is selling a "tanorexic" action figure based on a deeply tanned New Jersey mother accused of causing skin burns to her young daughter in a tanning booth.

Patricia Krentcil has said she loves tanning but wouldn't - and didn't - take her then-5-year-old into a tanning booth. Krentcil pleaded not guilty last week to a child endangerment charge. She says her daughter got sunburned outdoors.

The president of Oxford-based HeroBuilders says everyone has friends into heavy tanning. Emil Vicale says, "We thought it was a funny thing to do."

The blonde, orange-faced doll in a black pantsuit costs $29.95.

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Mom accused of allowing child to use tanning facility

  Eyewitness NewsNUTLEY, New Jersey (WABC) -- A Nutley, New Jersey woman has been arrested and charged for allegedly bringing her young child to a tanning booth.

The 5-year-old child suffered burns to her body.

Patricia Krentcil, 44, was arrested and charged with second-degree child endangerment.

New Jersey law states nobody under the age of 14 is allowed to use a tanning facility. Anyone under the age of 18 needs parental consent.

Officials say the mother took the child into the tanning booth with her without salon's knowledge. Krentcil, who is very tan, says her daughter was in the room at the tanning salon, but not the booth.

"I never once in my life would let my daughter especially at that age go into a tanning booth," Krentcil said during an interview on Good Morning America.

No charges are being filed against the salon at this time.

Krentcil was released on bail and entered a not guilty plea in court on Wednesday.

The name of the salon was not released.

"Forget about the presumption of innocence, my client is 150 percent innocent. That child was never in that tanning booth," said John Caruso.

The girl still lives at home in Nutley with her mother and father.

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Plan to ban underage tanning moving forward in NJ

  Eyewitness NewsTRENTON, N.J. -- Lawmakers in New Jersey are moving one step closer to banning the use of tanning beds by minors.

The Assembly Health Committee passed legislation Monday making it illegal for anyone under 18 from using tanning beds - even if they have their parents' permission.

Minors would still be allowed to get spray tans.

The bill moves now for a vote in the full Assembly. An identical bill is making its way through the Senate.

The American Academy of Dermatology says people who use indoor tanning devices are 75 percent more likely to develop the most dangerous type of skin cancer.

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