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Burks given 45 days for huffing
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A woman caught huffing fumes on two different occasions with her toddler in the car has been sentenced to 45 days in jail and ordered into mental health treatment.The woman, Sarah M. Burks, 26, entered guilty pleas before General Sessions Judge Bill Locke to charges of child neglect and unlawful use of inhalants. She was directed to serve 45 days of an 11-month, 29-day sentence and to undergo mental health treatment and to work with the Department of Children’s Services on the child neglect portion of her plea.She was arrested twice in two weeks this fall in the parking lot of Walmart. On both occasions, there was a report that a woman had been sitting in her car in the parking lot for a long amount of time.