Something is Wrong Here

A stranger finds a 6 year old child walking down the street in North Las Vegas and picks the kid up and holds the kids for several hours and a jury finds that the woman did not commit the crime.
http://www.lvrj.com/news/breaking_news/46403622.html
http://www.lvrj.com/news/46354957.html
It started on Sept. 8th of 2008. Laurinda Drake saw a child walk away from school. The child left school because he was feeling well. Drake saw the child on the side of the street. instead of calling for the police or school officials, she picked up the kid and kept the child for 90 minutes. She didn't feel comfortable leaving the child with school officials because she thought the kid could be in more danger.
No matter how you feel about it, you do not keep a child that is not yours without parent permission and it is acrime. should she have punished severely, no, there was no damage to the child, but it is still not right.