Police: Four kids left in car while adults played slot machines

Jaysonee Jaylashawn Worthen, 25, and Tyshun G. Lockhart, 31, both of Atlanta, are accused of leaving four children unattended outdoors in a car without air conditioning while they were playing slot machines inside the Texaco at 6430 Mableton Parkway, Mableton, according to arrest warrants from the Cobb County Police Department.

The children were a 5-year-old, a 4-year-old, a 2-year-old and a four-month-old, according to the warrant.

Worthen is charged with four counts of cruelty to children – second degree; disorderly conduct – presence of person under 14; and obstruction/hindering law enforcement. She was arrested at 2:50 p.m. on May 18 and booked into the Cobb County Adult Detention Center, according to jail records…

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