Gainesville woman arrested for child neglect after reporting missing child

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Theola Jeannette Williams, 40, was arrested last night after deputies reported that her child went missing while she was intoxicated; the child was later found at a neighbor’s home.

At about 8:48 p.m. on August 14, Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a call about a missing child and reported that Williams was intoxicated and could not remember the last time she had seen the child; she also reportedly did not know whether the child had eaten anything since coming home from school…

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