SoUncool
July 16th, 2008, 07:10 AM
http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2008/07/16/local_news/doc487d6b2ae84e0778582482.txt
RACINE — The mother whose 2½-year-old son was found wandering the streets Monday morning left jail Tuesday evening, but may not contact any of her three children.
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Desiree Collins, 21, is charged with child neglect, a misdemeanor, for allegedly allowing her son, Benjamin, to wander off. She didn’t realize the child was missing until more than three hours later.
Collins left the Racine County Jail just after 9 p.m. Tuesday. The child neglect charge carries a maximum penalty of nine months in jail and up to $10,000 in fines.
As part of her release, Rudebusch ordered Collins not to have contact with Benjamin or her two other children named in the complaint.
According to court records, a 30-year-old woman ran out of her house to stop the boy from walking onto broken glass in the street outside her Marquette Street home. She said the boy was only wearing a T-shirt. She looked around for his parents or caregivers, but didn’t find anyone.
The woman then brought the child inside her home and diapered and fed him before calling police. Police said no one had reported a missing child. Officers responded to the area to try to find someone who knew who the boy was, but were unsuccessful.
At 1:36 p.m. Collins called police to say Benjamin was missing. She did not know how long he had been gone or if he had even been home that day.
An officer went to Collins’ home and spoke to her and her mother about the missing child. Collins was very confused, the officer said, and did not seem to be making sense of where she was, where her son was or why she didn’t know that he had been missing for 3½ hours.
Collins’ mother told police that her daughter had not come home the night before. At 10 a.m., about 15 minutes before the boy was found, Collins’ mother went looking for her and found her on Albert Street.
Collins’ mother said she brought Collins home to care for two of her children, a 9-month-old baby and the boy. Her third child, a 3-year-old, had been at a relative’s house that day.
Collins’ mother said that she brought her daughter home and then left to run errands. She said Benjamin was home when she brought Collins back. When she returned from running errands, she noticed the boy was missing and asked Collins where the boy had gone, but Collins didn't know.
RACINE — The mother whose 2½-year-old son was found wandering the streets Monday morning left jail Tuesday evening, but may not contact any of her three children.
http://i33.tinypic.com/166dnv8.jpg
Desiree Collins, 21, is charged with child neglect, a misdemeanor, for allegedly allowing her son, Benjamin, to wander off. She didn’t realize the child was missing until more than three hours later.
Collins left the Racine County Jail just after 9 p.m. Tuesday. The child neglect charge carries a maximum penalty of nine months in jail and up to $10,000 in fines.
As part of her release, Rudebusch ordered Collins not to have contact with Benjamin or her two other children named in the complaint.
According to court records, a 30-year-old woman ran out of her house to stop the boy from walking onto broken glass in the street outside her Marquette Street home. She said the boy was only wearing a T-shirt. She looked around for his parents or caregivers, but didn’t find anyone.
The woman then brought the child inside her home and diapered and fed him before calling police. Police said no one had reported a missing child. Officers responded to the area to try to find someone who knew who the boy was, but were unsuccessful.
At 1:36 p.m. Collins called police to say Benjamin was missing. She did not know how long he had been gone or if he had even been home that day.
An officer went to Collins’ home and spoke to her and her mother about the missing child. Collins was very confused, the officer said, and did not seem to be making sense of where she was, where her son was or why she didn’t know that he had been missing for 3½ hours.
Collins’ mother told police that her daughter had not come home the night before. At 10 a.m., about 15 minutes before the boy was found, Collins’ mother went looking for her and found her on Albert Street.
Collins’ mother said she brought Collins home to care for two of her children, a 9-month-old baby and the boy. Her third child, a 3-year-old, had been at a relative’s house that day.
Collins’ mother said that she brought her daughter home and then left to run errands. She said Benjamin was home when she brought Collins back. When she returned from running errands, she noticed the boy was missing and asked Collins where the boy had gone, but Collins didn't know.