A mother who stands accused of abandoning her autistic son in Ohio, was in Scott County Court on Tuesday.

 

32-year-old Heather Adkins is facing kidnapping and child-endangerment charges.

 

According to court documents, Adkins abandoned her 5-year-old autistic son in Colerain Township, Ohio. Martin, who is now 6-years-old as of Sunday, was found by passing motorists who called 911.

 

Officials arrested Adkins at a gas station in Georgetown for an unpaid fine from 2011, The officers who arrested Adkins were initially responding to reports of a woman banging on car windows.

 

Adkins was assigned a public defender and was entered into a not-guilty plea. Adkins bond remains at $10,000 and she is due back in court on March 8th.