A pregnant panhandler, a boy and a Benz thats what one woman saw this week that caused her to suddenly stop pumping her gas and follow a woman and child as they drove off in the luxury vehicle.
Melissa Smith said in
an ABC 15 report that she had seen them beg for change outside a shopping center in Chula Vista, California every weekend for two months. The woman held up a sign that read please help and on weekends, a man perhaps her boyfriend or husband, she speculated would join her.
Smith didnt think much of it until recently, when she saw the woman and boy leave the scene and
hop into a Mercedes Benz driven by the man.
Here they are counting money, laughing and their little boy is not in a car seat or seat belt, she said. He's all the way in the front seat with them.
The vehicle drove to another nearby shopping plaza and she began collecting more money.
They drive down to the other McDonalds, Smith said in the report. She sits there with the sign. He goes and parks the Mercedes. Not less than five minutes here she is getting money from all these people.
Smith was yelled at by the woman once she realized photos were being taken of her. The license plate number of the Benz that Smith obtained by following the woman was associated with an apartment complex in Escondido that reportedly costs approximately
$2,500 per month for a unit there.
Smith said shes concerned about the boy. He's running in a parking lot instead of a park, Smith said. What kind of parent uses their child for monetary gain?"
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