TRENTON, N.J. - A grand jury in the U.S. has decided to let a woman who became an overnight sensation as "the tanning mom" bronze away in peace.

Prosecutors in New Jersey said Tuesday a grand jury refused to indict Patricia Krentcil on a charge she took her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth with her. State law bans children under 14 from using tanning salons.

The 44-year-old woman was arrested last April and charged with child endangerment.

Police became involved after school officials noticed burns on Krentcil's daughter's legs. Krentcil said that her daughter's burn came from the sun on an unusually warm day and that she would never take the girl into a tanning booth.

The arrest generated wide publicity partly because of Krentcil's deep tan and professed love of tanning salons. Her instant fame even extended to a toy company making a "tanoerexic" action figure based on her.

A message left Tuesday for Krentcil's attorney was not immediately returned.

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