Two babysitters who left a 1-year-old boy in a car parked in a Northeast Portland driveway — apparently overnight — while they used drugs inside the adjacent home have both been sentenced to three years of probation.

The boy’s grandfather, Paul G. Chambers, and the grandfather’s girlfriend, Lynette L. Urwin, were staying at the home of the boy’s great-grandmother. Although one or both of them say they checked on the boy periodically on the night of Nov. 19 to the morning of Nov. 20, they eventually fell asleep.

At about 6 a.m. Nov. 20, the boy’s great-grandmother discovered the child in the car. The boy was cold — the temperature had dipped to 36 degrees — but otherwise all right.

Chambers, 47, pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal mistreatment in January. Urwin, 39, pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree criminal mistreatment today in Multnomah County Circuit Court.

“I’m humiliated, and I’m really embarrassed that I let this happen,” Urwin told Judge Angel Lopez. “I can’t believe I did this. And I’m really, really sorry.”

Urwin has been in drug treatment, and is working with the Oregon Department of Human Services to recover custody of the 9-year-old son she has with Chambers. She had no prior criminal convictions, said her attorney, DeAnna Horne.

Horne said she knows when her clients are serious about recovery when they talk about the number of days they’ve been clean and sober.

“Ms. Urwin walked in here and told me she’s 114 days...,” Horne said.

“115 days,” Urwin corrected her attorney.

“...115 days clean today,” Horne continued.

Urwin and Chambers aren’t allowed to see each other, but Horne said her client hopes to have that restriction lifted because they have a son together. Urwin also needs a place to live because she is facing homelessness.

In addition to probation, Urwin and Chambers must complete 160 hours of community service, attend parenting classes, avoid alcohol and drugs and possibly submit to mental-health evaluations.

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