Grand jury decides no charges against New Jersey’s "Tan Mom"

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FILE - In this May 2, 2012 file photo, Patricia Krentcil, 44, waits to be arraigned at the Essex County Superior Court in Newark, N.J., where she appeared on charges of endangering her 6-year-old child by taking her into a tanning salon. The northern New Jersey tanning salon frequented by Krentcil has been fined $5,200 for numerous alleged violations, including overexposure. State Department of Health spokeswoman Donna Leusner said the inspection was based on news coverage of the deeply tanned Krentcil. But Leusner wouldn't say whether the patron who was allegedly allowed too many tanning sessions was Krentcil. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)(Reuters) – The case of the deeply bronzed New Jersey woman known as "Tan Mom" appears destined to fade away. A grand jury declined to indict her on child endangerment charges, a prosecutor said on Tuesday. Patricia Krentcil was arrested in April 2012 after her then 5-year-old daughter showed up at school with a sunburn and officials accused her of taking the child into a tanning booth. At the time, the blonde mother's chocolate-brown hue testified to many hours spent under the intense ultraviolet light of a tanning bed or out in the sun soaking up rays. …

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