TANNERSVILLE, PA (November 9, 2025) — A 42-year-old woman from New Rochelle, New York, was arrested after allegedly abandoning her 13-year-old daughter at a closed gas station following an argument and a threat to stab the juvenile.
Tonimarie A. Barrett was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, a third-degree felony; terroristic threats, a first-degree misdemeanor; and recklessly endangering another person, a second-degree misdemeanor.
Pocono Township Police Department officers were dispatched at approximately 5:19 a.m. to the Turkey Hill in Tannersville for a report of the abandoned juvenile.
Investigators determined that sometime after midnight, Barrett and the juvenile left a residence in Long Pond to return home to New York. Barrett stopped at a closed gas station to obtain directions through GPS.
A small argument ensued, and both exited the vehicle, during which time Barrett threatened to stab the juvenile. Barrett then left the juvenile at the closed business and drove to a gas station in Effort, where she remained until police contacted her after 7 a.m.
Upon interviewing Barrett, she admitted that she did not attempt to look for the juvenile and did not report her missing to the police.
Barrett was placed into Monroe County Correctional Facility to await arraignment by a district magistrate.
Barrett is described as white, female, 5 feet 4 inches tall, 120 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
She is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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