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Update August 2: Great-grandmother Geneva Roper Johnson waived her right to a preliminary hearing after being charged with two counts of unlawful conduct toward a child.

Her bail has also been reduced from $50,000 to $10,000. Johnson's lawyer, Lionel Lofton, sought a reduction in bail to save the great-grandmother's family some money.

Get more details over at The Post and Courier's brief here.

First Reporting: An 81-year-old great-grandmother is in jail today after police found two young children and a dog locked inside of her car while she shopped inside of a West Ashley Walmart.

Even worse, all three had been left inside of the car in the sweltering heat for nearly an hour.

The grandmother, Geneva Johnson, has been charged with two counts of unlawful conduct toward a child and one count of animal neglect.

The Post and Courier has the story; read it here.