Racqual Roniquel Hicks, a mother in Ohio, was arrested on Thursday night after she left her seven children, ages 11 months, 1, 2, 6, 10, 13, and 15 years, in a car and went gambling at a local internet cafe.
On March 19 at 9:15 p.m., Hicks allegedly put her children in the car and drove to Luna’s Internet Cafe in the 4000 block of Secor Road in Toledo, according to a criminal complaint filed in Toledo Municipal Court. The complaint also mentioned that Hicks posed “substantial risk” to the children for several reasons.
first, after reaching the cafe, Hicks “did knowingly leave the children in the car” for almost forty minutes, from 9:20 p.m. until around 10 p.m. second, the car also did not have proper seats for the younger children, and Hicks drove despite her license being suspended.
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