Redwood City Woman Gets Probation For Trying To Drown Newborn

REDWOOD CITY, CA -- A woman who was working as a cashier at McDonald's when she gave birth in a restroom and then attempted to drown the infant will not spend any time in prison, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.

Instead, under a plea deal, Redwood City resident Sarah Lockner has been sentenced to four years of supervised probation and one year in county jail with credit for time served. She was sentenced by a judge on Friday, May 3.

Lockner was working at the McDonald's restaurant at 185 Chestnut St. in Redwood City and during her shift on Sept. 4, 2017, she went to the restroom multiple times and complained of stomach pains, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office.

A co-worker went into the restroom to check on Lockner and saw a newborn baby face down in the toilet bowl with Lockner's hand on the baby's back, prosecutors said. Police were called and arrived to find a baby boy that had no pulse and was not breathing, according to the district attorney's office.

She was arrested and the boy was rushed to a hospital. After being placed a medically induced coma, he is now surviving on his own, prosecutors said.

Lockner pleaded no contest to felony child endangerment charges in January.