The owner of the pool has been cited for not properly securing the pool. Other pool owners in the neighborhood have also been ticketed. The city is cracking down on this (finally).
Bellevue police have also charged the grandmother with misdemeanor child neglect. Their public statement was that it was a difficult decision to make, but the law was very clear. It is now in the hands of the District Attorney, who may or may not take it further.
Hopefully this can prevent another disgrace. At least your laws are specific in that cases and have some punishment for the guilty, but here in my country things are horribly wrong, and these type of cases most of the times are ignored :(
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