‘Tanning mom’ allegedly intoxicated at Minneapolis airport, sent to detox facility

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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 5-year-old child by taking her into a tanning salon. Krentcil was sent to a detox facility Saturday, June 15, 2013, after allegedly being intoxicated at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

MINNEAPOLIS – A New Jersey woman widely known as “the tanning mom” was sent to a detox facility after allegedly being intoxicated at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

Metropolitan Airports Commission spokesman Patrick Hogan said airport police were called to the Delta ticket counter Thursday afternoon because of an intoxicated woman.

Hogan says Patricia Krentcil was not arrested but taken to a detox facility. He didn’t know how much time she spent there.

In April 2012, Krentcil was accused of child endangerment for allegedly taking her then 5-year-old daughter into a New Jersey tanning booth with her. A grand jury later refused to indict her.

Hogan says intoxicated travellers go to detox if they aren’t able to care for themselves or to be released into another’s custody.

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