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Oklahoma City woman arrested after leaving 4-year-old daughter in parking lot

Officers responded to the store near NW 10th Street and N May Avenue because a little girl was found with no parent or guardian.

Oklahoma City woman arrested after leaving 4-year-old daughter in parking lot

Officers responded to the store near NW 10th Street and N May Avenue because a little girl was found with no parent or guardian.

WELCOME BACK EVERYONE A METRO MOERTH ARRESTED AFTER LEAVING HER FOUR-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER IN A STORE PARKING LOT HAPPENED YESTERDAY NEAR NORTHWEST 10TH IN MAY OFFICERS SAY THEY WERE CALLED THERE BECAUSE OF A LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS SPOTTED WITH NO PARENT OR GUARDIAN. SO WHEN POLICEOT G THERE, THEY TELL US THEY ALSO COULD NOT FIND THE PARENT. SO THE CONTACTED DHS DHS GOT A HOLD OF THE MOTHER. SHE TOLD THEM THAT BOTH HER FOUR YEAR OLD AND HER ONE YEAR OLD CHILD WERE ASLEEP INHE T BACK SEAT OF THE CARIR WHEN SHE PARKED THERE. SHE WENT INSIDE THE STORE BRIEFLY TO USE THE BATHROOM CAME OUT DID NOT CHECK TO SEE THAT THE FOUR YEAR OLDAS W MISSING AND THEN SIMPLY WANDERED OFF FOR OVER AN HOUR TO GO VISIT WITH A FRIEND ONLY TO BE TOLD SHE NEEDED TO COME B
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Oklahoma City woman arrested after leaving 4-year-old daughter in parking lot

Officers responded to the store near NW 10th Street and N May Avenue because a little girl was found with no parent or guardian.

On Monday, an Oklahoma City mother was arrested after leaving her 4-year-old daughter in a store parking lot.Officers responded to the store near Northwest 10th Street and North May Avenue because a little girl was found with no parent or guardian.When the officers arrived at the scene, they couldn’t find a parent either. Officers contacted the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, who got a hold of the mother. The mother told the officers that both her 4-year-old and 1-year-old child were asleep in the backseat when she parked there. “She went inside the store briefly to use the bathroom, came out, did not check to see that the 4-year-old was missing and then simply wandered off for over an hour to go visit with a friend, only to be told that she needed to come back and police had her daughter."Neither child was hurt. The mother was arrested for child neglect.

On Monday, an Oklahoma City mother was arrested after leaving her 4-year-old daughter in a store parking lot.

Officers responded to the store near Northwest 10th Street and North May Avenue because a little girl was found with no parent or guardian.

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When the officers arrived at the scene, they couldn’t find a parent either. Officers contacted the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, who got a hold of the mother.

The mother told the officers that both her 4-year-old and 1-year-old child were asleep in the backseat when she parked there.

“She went inside the store briefly to use the bathroom, came out, did not check to see that the 4-year-old was missing and then simply wandered off for over an hour to go visit with a friend, only to be told that she needed to come back and police had her daughter."

Neither child was hurt. The mother was arrested for child neglect.