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Angelina Cruzcortes
http://www2.tricities.com/news/2012...n-county-tenn-mom-charged-child-n-ar-1638568/JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. --
Johnson City police charged a mother with child neglect. Officers say Angelina Cruzcortes left her sleeping five-year-old son alone in their apartment this morning while she left the apartment to run an errand. Drivers along south greenwood drive found the woman's son around 5 a.m.
Police say the child was naked and was about a third of a mile away from his apartment.
Cruzcortes is now the third mom in Washington County alone to be accused of child neglect in the last month. In each of those cases officers found children outside after dark in the elements.
When officers found the boy this morning, the temperature was around 32 degrees. Police say the child somehow managed to get out of this apartment, and make his way up greenwood Dr. They say he ended up near East Tennessee State University not far from state of Franklin Rd.
According to his mom's arrest warrant, the boy was running down the sidewalk nude, asking for his dad. After finding the child, officers called the department of children's services.
"If you just think you're going to run to the store and come back, things happen in a very short time. You don't need to leave your alone in the home,†said Cpt. Debbie Botelho with the JCPD.
For every neglect case, casa or court-appointed special advocates for children, say there are dozens of other neglect and abuse cases that never make the news.
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