Georgia Woman Arrested For Trying To Help
Story by wsbtv.com
Brandy Tinkler says she was trying to do the right thing.
It all started when a home was burglarized in the Riverside neighborhood in northwest Atlanta. Cash and a gun were among the list of items stolen from the home. That's when Brandy Tinkler came upon a beat up looking young man.
She says he looked shaken, scared and that he had been crying. The boy said he had been beaten up and asked to use Tinkler's phone to call his mom, which Tinkler agreed to. The boy called his mother, who then asked to speak to Tinkler to ask her to drive her son home, which Tinkler also agreed to do.
Later that evening, Tinkler says she found out from a neighbor that a home had been robbed in the neighborhood, and that's when Tinkler decided to call the police to report her earlier run-in with the beat up boy. She says that's when police asked her to come down the police station, where she spent 36 hours before being charged with a felony of hindering the apprehension of a criminal.
Tinkler says she is shocked by the charges and was just trying to help police out. Her neighbors agree and are coming to her defense.
Police have not commented on the case.
I cant see a jury convicting her.