Temperatures were at least 32C when Newby handed herself in (Picture: KTLA)

A mother charged with leaving her child in a hot car left two children in a hot car again when she went to hand herself in, police said.

Laquanda Newby, 25, was charged with leaving a child in a hot car at the Henrico County Courthouse in Virginia after she went to hand herself in to police.

But she is now facing three counts of contributing to the delinquency or abuse of a child after police reportedly discovered her two children sat in her hot car outside the courthouse.

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Laquanda Newby allegedly committed the exact same crime as she turned herself in (Picture: Henrico County Police)

Police initially found Newby outside her car – and the child inside it – on 26 May, but could not arrest her because they had not witnessed the alleged crime.



Officers swore out a warrant if Newby promised to turn herself in later. But when she did so, she left both her children – aged six and one – inside the hot car, police said, with surveillance footage showing they were there for over an hour.

No windows were open and temperatures were at least 32C, officers said.

The children are now in the custody of their father.

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Newby was told to turn herself in to police (Picture: KTLA)