Tennessee – A Tennessee parent, 33-year-old SheIby was arrested earlier this week and charged with feIony chiId negIect after allegedly Ieaving her chiId alone for nearly ten hours.According to jail records from the Sheriff’s Office, the parent now faces charges of chiId abuse and negIect.
The incident came to light when maintenance workers at the apartment compIex where the parent lived conducted a scheduled check and found the 2-year-old alone in her crib. Police were called to the scene, and the parent returned to the apartment approximately ten hours later, where she was met by officers. Body camera footage from the encounter shows the defendant appearing confused and unaware of the situation.
According to WKRN, in her statements to the responding officers, she explained that she had driven approximately thirty minutes away to visit a man. She claimed that her daughter usually sIeeps through the night and that she expected to return before the child woke up. The parent also mentioned that she is a full-time mother and needed a break, having been unable to find anyone to assist her the previous night…