Michigan Woman Accused of Allowing Boy to Drive Car

(Livingston County, Michigan) A 33-year-old local woman, Leah Michele Jaglowski, has been accused of allowing her 9-year-old son to drive the family’s 2002 Mercury Sable with a 5-year-old friend as a passenger.

Jaglowski faces counts of allowing an unlicensed minor to drive a vehicle and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

… the young driver advised a witness that he was taking out the garbage and that his mother knew what he was doing. The concerned witness then contacted authorities.

Police say Jaglowski admitted to officers that she knew her son was driving in the park but didn’t know he had a passenger with him. Both boys were turned over to family members, while she taken into custody.

A court hearing is scheduled for November 19.