Oil City Woman Charged After Children Found Wandering in the Cold Waives Hearing

Aly Delp

Aly Delp

Published June 18, 2021 4:27 am
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VENANGO CO., Pa. (EYT) — An Oil City woman whose two young children were found wandering on a street in late March waived her hearing in court on Wednesday on child endangerment charges.

Court documents indicate the following charges against 34-year-old Sandra Lynn Antill were waived for court on Wednesday, June 16:

– Endangering Welfare of Children — Parent/Guardian/Other Commits Offense, Felony 1 (two counts)

The charges have been transferred to the Venango County Court of Common Pleas.

Antill is currently free on $10,000.00 unsecured bail.

Details of the case:

According to a criminal complaint, around 11:50 a.m. on March 22, Oil City Police were dispatched to the area of Murray Street and Plummer Street for a report of two small children wandering in the street without any supervision.

The complaint notes police arrived at the scene to find two known individual had taken the children off of the street and began taking care of them until police could locate their parent(s).

According to the complaint, police immediately noticed that the smaller child, a girl of approximately three years of age, was dressed in a spaghetti strap dress with no pants, socks, or shoes, and the other child, a boy of approximately five years of age, was wearing shorts and a t-shirt with no socks or shoes, with the temperature outside around 30 degrees. Both children were reportedly very cold and shivering.

The children were then placed in a police vehicle to warm up with the two known individuals, to help keep the children call and try to ascertain where they live and where their parent(s) were. A neighbor in the area also brought out socks for the children to warm and protect their feet.

The two known individuals told police they had first seen the children at Country Fair and then watched them walk up Plummer Street before intervening.

The complaint states the boy kept making statements that his mother needed help and pointing at a residence on Murray Street. When asked where his mother was, he would also point to the same house, so police proceeded to the residence, where they were able to make contact with the children’s mother, Sandra Antill.

Antill and the children were then taken to the Police Department and paramedics were summoned to evaluate the children for possible hypothermia. Antill reportedly told police that her son needed his insulin shot at 3:00 p.m. or he could go into shock, but paramedics could not administer any medication to the child due to there not being any prescription.

The complaint states the paramedics and Children and Youth Services (CYS) then felt it best to transport the children to UPMC Northwest for evaluation.

The charges were filed against Antill through Magisterial District Judge Patrick E. Lowrey’s office on May 28.

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