An Ohio woman has been charged with endangering her child following a drinking and driving incident.  Genine Compton, a 39-year-old mother, was driving; her child was drinking. 

More specifically, another motorist reported that Compton was both breast-feeding the youngster and talking on the phone while driving.

Local police used the license plate number to track down the driver.  When confronted, Compton defended her action by saying she wouldn't let her child go hungry.

"Our issue is not the fact that this woman was breastfeeding in public," Kettering (Ohio) police officer Michael Burke said. "Our issue is that she created the condition that placed her child's health and safety at risk."

At a recent court hearing, Compton entered a plea of not guilty.  Compton faces up to 180 days in jail and a $1,000 fine if convicted of the misdemeanor.

—Source:  Dayton Daily News (Ohio)