Baton Rouge woman arrested for allegedly abandoning two young children at a motel

PORT ALLEN – A woman was arrested on Tuesday after allegedly abandoning her two young children in a motel room, according to the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies responded to a local motel after two young children, a 4-year-old and an 11-month-old, were found alone inside a motel room, the sheriff’s office said.

The investigation revealed that the children’s mother, 32-year-old Sandrika Matthews of Baton Rouge, allegedly left the children alone at the motel three hours earlier, according to deputies…

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