A woman was arrested at her home on North O’neal Avenue after allegedly leaving her children by themselves in dirty, subpar living conditions, according to a Hopkinsville Police Department report.
Irean M. Coleman, 37, Hopkinsville, was arrested and charged with four counts of first-degree criminal abuse of a child under the age of 12, four counts of abandonment of a minor, four counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, four counts of endangering the welfare of a minor, one count of first-degree possession of methamphetamine, one count of trafficking in synthetic drugs and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.
The report states officers were called to the residence for a welfare check.
Dispatch reportedly told officers that they had received a call regarding a mother abandoning her children alone to take drugs, leaving her 6-year-old daughter to watch her 4-year-old, 2-year-old and 7-month-old siblings.
Dispatch stated to police that the 6-year-old came outside to the caller and told them that the baby would not stop crying and that she needed help, the report said.
Upon officers’ arrival at the home, they met with Robert Matlock, the uncle of the children, who told police that this kind of incident has happened before with Coleman and that he and his wife currently have custody of Coleman’s 11-year-old child, according to the report.
Officers entered the home and allegedly observed roaches and other bugs on the floor, empty food containers and wrappers on the floor, minimal furniture throughout the
house and overall dirty, sub par living conditions.
Coleman’s 6-year-old advised police that her mother had left in the morning with a black bag and had not returned all day. She added that she had a little bit of food to eat in the morning but had not eaten since, the report stated.
Other family members arrived at the scene and began to change the diapers of all the children, revealing that all four of them had dirty diapers, diaper rash and none of them appeared to have bathed recently, the report said.
While family members were inside of the home tending to the children and changing their diapers, they allegedly discovered a backpack inside of a crib containing a meth pipe. They also reportedly found a gallon-sized ziplock baggie containing spice (synthetic drugs) in a corner, according to the report.
The report continued to state that while officers were taking pictures of the locations of the drugs, the children in the house had stepped on the baggie of meth before it had been moved, reportedly placing the children in danger of their lives.
All of the drugs in the home were allegedly within easy access to the children, putting them in danger of accidentally ingesting them, the report said.
As officers continued to investigate, Hopkinsville Department for Community Based Services arrived, talked to the children and family members, took photos and placed the children with the family members present at the scene, according to the report.
Officers cleared the scene at around 9:05 p.m. but kept watch on the house through the night to see when Coleman would return.
At around 1:25 a.m. police noticed that the blinds in the home had been drawn and gave multiple announcements over the PA system with no contact, the report added.
A short time later, Coleman came outside. Coleman was then arrested at around 1:40 a.m.
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Irean M. Coleman, 37, Hopkinsville, was arrested and charged with four counts of first-degree criminal abuse of a child under the age of 12, four counts of abandonment of a minor, four counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, four counts of endangering the welfare of a minor, one count of first-degree possession of methamphetamine, one count of trafficking in synthetic drugs and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.
The report states officers were called to the residence for a welfare check.
Dispatch reportedly told officers that they had received a call regarding a mother abandoning her children alone to take drugs, leaving her 6-year-old daughter to watch her 4-year-old, 2-year-old and 7-month-old siblings.
Dispatch stated to police that the 6-year-old came outside to the caller and told them that the baby would not stop crying and that she needed help, the report said.
Upon officers’ arrival at the home, they met with Robert Matlock, the uncle of the children, who told police that this kind of incident has happened before with Coleman and that he and his wife currently have custody of Coleman’s 11-year-old child, according to the report.
Officers entered the home and allegedly observed roaches and other bugs on the floor, empty food containers and wrappers on the floor, minimal furniture throughout the
house and overall dirty, sub par living conditions.
Coleman’s 6-year-old advised police that her mother had left in the morning with a black bag and had not returned all day. She added that she had a little bit of food to eat in the morning but had not eaten since, the report stated.
Other family members arrived at the scene and began to change the diapers of all the children, revealing that all four of them had dirty diapers, diaper rash and none of them appeared to have bathed recently, the report said.
While family members were inside of the home tending to the children and changing their diapers, they allegedly discovered a backpack inside of a crib containing a meth pipe. They also reportedly found a gallon-sized ziplock baggie containing spice (synthetic drugs) in a corner, according to the report.
The report continued to state that while officers were taking pictures of the locations of the drugs, the children in the house had stepped on the baggie of meth before it had been moved, reportedly placing the children in danger of their lives.
All of the drugs in the home were allegedly within easy access to the children, putting them in danger of accidentally ingesting them, the report said.
As officers continued to investigate, Hopkinsville Department for Community Based Services arrived, talked to the children and family members, took photos and placed the children with the family members present at the scene, according to the report.
Officers cleared the scene at around 9:05 p.m. but kept watch on the house through the night to see when Coleman would return.
At around 1:25 a.m. police noticed that the blinds in the home had been drawn and gave multiple announcements over the PA system with no contact, the report added.
A short time later, Coleman came outside. Coleman was then arrested at around 1:40 a.m.
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