Kid at home, mom at bar. What else is new?
Des Moines mom arrested on neglect charge:
I used to drink. As a matter if fact I used to drink a lot. I’m not an alcoholic or anything but it my 20s I drank to excess once or twice or a hundred times. So I get it. I remember how fun it was. I also remember each and every time I paid for it in one way or another. Luckily I grew up before I really harmed anyone. The Blob over there, not so much.
She’s 29-year-old Jennifer Cordova of Des Moines, Iowa. She went to a bar and left her 5-year-old daughter at home.
Officers found an unlocked door, opened it and announced themselves. The police report says the 5-year-old, Imelda Hernandez, came around a corner and ran to the officers.
“Imelda immediately wanted to be held and was unable to speak,” police said.
She told officers she was afraid of monsters in the basement. She appeared to be terrified and traumatized.
Imelda pointed to Officer Leanna Lawrence and repeatedly said she wanted to go home with her.
But it’s ok because Cordova supposedly called home from the bar at 1:30 AM.
Guess what. 5-year-olds aren’t supposed to be up at 1:30 AM. Then again their mothers are supposed to be home at that time too.
Thanks to Bridget for the tip.
