Crime & Safety

Mother Arrested After 13 Year Old Daughter Called Police

The mother was arrested for child neglect.

A 40-year-old mother was arrested on July 2 for child neglect after her 13-year-old daughter called the police and told them her mother was passed out on the couch with a large glass of vodka on the table.

The girl's father advised her to call the police and was waiting outside with her little sister and her friend's mother, according to police reports.

The mother was taken to the hospital and the Bureau of Child Welfare was contacted.

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