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Burks sentenced for huffing canned air
Her toddler was in the car during the incident
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A woman caught huffing fumes on two different occasions with her toddler child 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.