Sun bed addict mum arrested for child endangerment A New Jersey mother has been charged with child endangerment after allegedly allowing her then five-year-old daughter to join her on a sun bed. Patricia Krentcil denies the accusation, saying she took her daughter Anna with her to the salon but the child, who is now six, did not go into the tanning booth. Authorities say Patricia's daughter turned up to school with severe sunburn, prompting the school nurse to contact police. In New Jersey it is illegal for anyone under the age of 14 to use the ultraviolet devices because of the risk of skin cancer. The owner of City Tropics Tanning, the salon where the incident is reported to have happened, said staff did not see Krentcil get into the stand-up booth with her daughter when she came in for a tanning session.