mara schiavocampo has the latest. >> i'm innocent. >> reporter: patricia krenzel who herself is very tanned pled not guilty wednesday to second-degree child endangerment. >> good morning, your honor. >> reporter: the charges follow allegations that krenzel brought her then 5-year-old daughter anna into a tanning booth. >> i would die right now for her. >> that child was never in that tanning booth. she loves her child more than her own life and would never, ever allow her child to go inside a tanning bed. >> reporter: but according to the essex county prosecutor's office, a trip to the city tropic salon a week ago caused the girl to suffer burns to her body. >> the whole thing has been blown out of proportion, bottom line. >> reporter: according to reuters authorities say krenzel's daughter, now 6, turned up at her elementary school with a sunburn on april 24th, prompting a school nurse to contact police. krenzel says anna had spent time outside on a sunny day and says she took anna to the tanning salon but not inside the tanning booth. >> we went for a walk and i tan. she doesn't tan

patricia krenzel is charged with child endangerment and pleaded not guilty in court today. the little girl's school called police because she was in 59 because of the burns and -- she was in pain because of the burns. she claims she was in the room in the tanning salon but not in the booth. she was burned when playing outside. new jersey law prohibits anyone under 14 from using tanning salons. >> another beautiful day. >> yeah, yeah, and nice to be outside, wasn't it? >> and i don't know. >> let's go to the expert, gary? >> today was the day that it depended on where you were. >> and to that kind of weather you got. >> one street away. >> and my street was less humid. >> and 20, 30 miles could make as much as almost 20 degrees difference in temperatures? and we zoomed in on the live radar and this is on over winchester, and sitting at 77 degrees and they were warmer than that and this is not severe. the small communities there and that is basically to the east of winchester and this is really going to continue and a little piece of it kind of grew off of that and you can se

saunders couldn't believe her eyes when she first saw images of 44-year-old, deeply bronzed patricia krenzelng. to be really honest with you. that's horrible. >> reporter: what she also finds horrible that krenzel is accused of bringing her 5-year-old daughter anna into a tanning booth without the salon's knowledge and thus suffered a sunburn. >> it can burn them really bad. just sitting on the floor against the wall. i don't recommend anybody to tan under 18. >> reporter: krenzel admits anna was at the tanning salon but not in the room. she blames the burn on being outside. >> i would die right now for her. >> patricia are you excessively tanning yourself though? >> reporter: which leads to an even bigger problem, a tanning addiction. >> we often consider going to a tanning salon the equivalent of smoking for the skin. and the younger you start those effects are cumulative. >> reporter: researchers believe compulsive tanners may have an addiction to uv rays and give a feeling of euphoria. >> i think it is a big-time addiction. >> reporter: it is one thing saunders doesn't have a problem wit

new jersey mom is accused of letting her 5-year-old daughter use a tanning bed. 44-year-old patricia krenzelpleaded not guilty to a child endangerment charge today and says it is all a misunderstanding. she says she took her daughter anna to the tanning salon last week while she got in the tanning bed. >> i tan. she doesn't tan. it is called a tanning booth and a tanning room. she's my little girl. i'm not going to bring my little daughter into a 90-degree bed. i mean, that's not normal. >> that is a tan. >> neither is her face. >> next day anna got a slight burn while playing outdoors then at school told classmates she went tanning with mommy. her father thinks a teacher overheard the conversation, assumed the girl's sunburn was connected to the tanning salon trip, and contacted police. new jersey law bans children under 14 from tanning. >>> tonight we are meeting a fairfax county woman who kicked and punched her way to weight loss dropping nearly 70 pounds with kick boxing. we met up with her at l.a. boxing in tyson's corner and asked, what's your workout? >> the heaviest i weighed was 211

patricia krenzel pleaded not guilty to child endangerment yesterday.ay she says the whole thing is a misunderstanding. well, today the tanning salon tells nbc news that the business would never let a minor tan and that it did not happen there. krenzel says her child was at the tanning salon with her but never in a tanning bed. and that she got a slight burn the next day while playing outdoors. >> i would die right now for her. >> that child was never in that tanning booth. she loves her child more than her own life and would never, ever allow her child to go inside a tanning bed. >> krenzel says she is the victim of a witch hunt. the tanning salon has reportedly revoked her membership. >>> could georgetown's stolen clock hands be on their way to the pope? the hands disappeared early monday morning from healy hall. now someone has e-mailed a student magazine and has taken credit. according to the e-mail the heist is the work of three people nick named reaper, goliath, and juliet. they include a picture of gold clock hands and they say they are sending t

. >> reporter: patricia krenzell denies she took her daughter anna tanning with her and said she justr-old to the tanning salon and made her wait next to the bed while she herself tanned. >> she's my little girl. i'm not going to bring my little daughter into a 90 degree bed. i mean, that's not normal. >> reporter: anna's parents say when anna went to school the next day, she told her friends she went tanning with her mom. they think a teacher overheard and called police. new jersey law prohibits persons under the age of 14 from going tanning. >> she got sunburned. that's it. >> i tan. she doesn't tan. it's called a tanning booth. and a tanning room. >> reporter: anna's parents say it was a misunderstanding and she got a sunburn from playing in the yard. >> it's traumatizing for a little girl who did nothing wrong, but got a little sunburnt. >> the tanning salon deny that the little girl was ever there. the mother, though, pretty much said she has been tanning her whole life but she did say she would never take her fair-skinned daughter and have her be in a tanning bed. >> it is so, s

. >> now the tanning mom, patricia krenzel. >> now you sthad those who criticize you are fat, ugly andow you this trick. are you ready? >> yeah, i'd love to see a trick. >> piece of bread. put it between my thighs. toast. >> that's what we need up in our room. the toaster that takes ten minutes. we need that woman we'll pay her to come and -- our crew will be so happy. they'll have their toast, their bagels, their waffles like this! >> so here's the other thing about that night. so eli manning hosted. he was adorable, great. before i went up to the show i was standing out on the street waiting for a friend to meet me to go see the rehearsal. this guy from snl said i've worked at "snl" for 25 years. there is not a better show than rihanna. i don't even want to give it away for you because it is off the hooks, off the charts. i love music, i was so excited. we get up there, we're all waiting. for the first time ever in "snl" history they stepped out and they said we want to apologize, rihanna's not feeling well and is not going to be performing during dress rehearsal and only during the