The Orange County Criminal Lawyer Blog
A Louisiana woman was recently arrested after authorities learned that she had allegedly tried multiple times to leave her 8-year-old son behind at different locations, according to police.
Authorities stated that officers in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, responded Sunday afternoon to a report about a child who had reportedly been left alone at a laundromat. Witnesses allegedly told officers that a woman drove away from the location and left the boy behind. Officers took the child into their care and brought him to the police station while they worked to locate his mother.
Officers spent time with the child and tried to make him comfortable while they attempted to find out where his mother had gone.