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Mom leaves toddlers alone at home, arrested three days later
When police opened the door to an apartment in the 3100 block of Wexford, they found a 2-year-old asleep in front of a TV and 4-month old awake in a bassinet, his diaper filled. The baby also had a major diaper rash fore and aft.
What officers did not find last Friday was a parent or a guardian or any adult supervising the toddlers.
It was not the first time the toddlers had been left alone to fend for themselves.
According to the officers’ report, a neighbor had called after hearing a child wailing in the apartment for nearly one-half hour. The officers reported the apartment was filthy. The only food found in the refrigerator was for adults. A bottle of prescription antidepressants was on a coffee table within reach of the 2-year-old. A knife was found on the floor, the report said.
Child Protective Services was called. The caseworker told police Protective Services had just closed a case on the mother and children. The officers searched police records and found the mother had left her children alone under similar circumstances in 2010.
Protective Services removed the children.
The mother never returned to the apartment. Tuesday, however, police got a tip that she was staying at an apartment in the 2300 block of Germantown Pike. She was quickly arrested. During the arrest, officers found a crack pipe. The mother remains in the Montgomery County Jail facing possible child endangering charges when she makes her initial court appearance.
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