Sentenced: Andrea Aleman & Her Tooth Abandoned Her Grandchildren In A Burning House To Die

[Sugar Cookie]

A Texas grandmother was arrested Thursday and charged in connection to a house fire earlier this month where she "abandoned" her young grandchildren, including one who took refuge in the home's closet, police said.

Andrea Aleman, 44, was charged with injury to a child. The Nov. 2, house fire in Waco, Texas, killed her 4-year-old grandson, and his 2-year-old sister, KWTX reported. Aleman was able to escape the flames with her 11-year-old daughter and two other unidentified residents, the station reported.

Firefighters took 12 minutes to locate the two children – one of whom was hiding in a bathroom. The other was in a closet, the station reported, citing police. They were pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.

An investigation into the incident found Aleman’s “actions and/or lack thereof were reckless and contributed to the deaths of both children,” Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said in a press release Thursday, according to the station.

“It is further believed that the grandmother abandoned her grandchildren in a burning house and took no action to get them help until it was too late,” Swanton said.

Police said the fire was set by a resident of the home, but it is unclear whether it was intentional or on accident, according to the station.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-wo...oning-grandchildren-in-house-fire-police-said

 

[Keepalowprofile]

 

[Sejanus]

Nice Fang Bucky

 

[Fellofftheporch]

It looks like she is struggling to keep that tooth from escaping her mouth.

 

[Muriel Schwenck]

Even her tooth wants nothing to do with her.

 

[Fellofftheporch]

Even her tooth wants nothing to do with her.

If that tooth could talk...

 

[Ripley]

Cowardly bitch. She should’ve attempted to rescue them— clearly she has nothing else to live for.

 

[ghosttruck]

The whole thing doesn't add up to a accidental fire in my mind...maybe I'm wrong. I think that bulldog looking bitch set that fire to get rid of the kids.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

This bitch could not get any lower.

According to an arrest warrant affidavit filed Thursday by Waco police Detective Eric Trojanowski, Andrea Aleman changed her story multiple times during the course of the police and fire investigations. She later admitted she went to bed and left the 4-year-old boy “awake and unsupervised in a room where there were multiple fire hazards,” according to the affidavit.

“When she was alerted to a fire in the kitchen by both awakened young children, she did not immediately get up to investigate,” the affidavit states. “Instead, she chose to remain in bed for at least several minutes in a home with no working smoke alarms.

“The defendant stated she eventually got up and saw a fire in the kitchen where affiant has learned there was a pile of clothes, trash and children toys,” according to the affidavit. “Once the defendant left the bedroom, she left both victims behind and did not return to assist them or ensure they got out of the house.”

The affidavit states the victims, who died of smoke inhalation, were of the age that they would have needed assistance getting out of the house.

“Instead, the defendant merely briefly called out from the next room then left herself without ensuring that all the children had fled,” the affidavit states. “According to the surviving child, the defendant was the first person out of the house.”

Aleman told police and fire investigators she left the house without seeing the children leave behind her.

“Once she was outside and realized the children were not with her, the defendant made no effort to get the children out of the house, whether by actually physically getting them out or by beckoning to them at the doorway,” the affidavit states. “She did not ask neighbors for help when they also fled the shared part of the duplex on fire.

“Defendant abandoned her grandchildren in a burning house and took no action to get them help until firefighters walked past her on the corner down from the house,” the affidavit states.

https://www.wacotrib.com/news/polic...cle_f5a10c9e-375c-5d40-8841-9e22e28cbb38.html

 

[Kittyskyfish]

Now that's a gnarly mouth rarely seen outside of sock puppetry.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Hopefully the tooth will testify against this piss poor excuse for a grandmother.

 

[cubby]

I don't have any grandchildren, I have my son's foster daughter that I absolutely adore, I cannot imagine prancing my fat ass out the door with my grandchildren, hell, anybody, in the house who might not be able to get out. Maybe that tooth will start a fire and not let her leave, tooth will survive the fire, the rest of her, not so much.

 

[Dutchgirl]

I wouldn't leave without my cats, let alone any child who happened to be in the house.

 

[Old Man Metal]

Aleman, huh? That tooth must be for opening beer bottles then.

 

[Anosmia]

Good lord, she's 44? I'm 44. (And I don't have any kids, so being a grandmother at this age still seems unfathomable to me.) Someone please leave me to die in a burning house if I start looking (and acting!) like her.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

 

[Sugar Cookie]

The grandmother of two children who died in a 2018 fire has been given five years probation after pleading guilty to felony endangering a child.

49-year-old Andrea Aleman was originally charged with injury to a child in the case, in which two-year-old Rachel Aleman and four-year-old Anthony Puente died. In addition to the probation, Andrea will have to undergo a cognitive education program and complete parenting classes.

It was early on the morning of November 2, 2018 that a fire destroyed Andrea’s home. She was able to get out of the house, along with her eleven-year-old daughter. Her younger grandchildren were left inside of the burning home.

Deputy Chief Bobby Bergerson with the Waco Fire Department said, at the time, it took a while to find the children trapped inside the house.

“Given the zero visibility conditions, heavy smoke and the heat of course, they [firefighters] were trying to fight fire, as well. So they were up against some pretty bad odds,” Bergerson said.

Bergerson said the house had two non-working smoke alarms, and is reminding the community to frequently check those alarms. Investigators never did determine an exact cause of the fire, but said no evidence was found that it was deliberately set.

A statement by the McLennan County District Attorney’s Office said despite initial reports that Andrea failed to immediately respond when awakened and told of the fire by her grandchildren, subsequent investigation revealed that any delay in her response could not be proven. The statement also said a difficulty investigators initially faced in gathering precise information from Andrea is that she suffers from intellectual disabilities which impair both her ability to process information and to effectively communicate.

The statement also said that originally the previous McLennan County District Attorney’s Administration charged Andrea with the first-degree felony offense of intentionally or knowingly causing serious bodily injury to the two children. This charge required proof that Andrea deliberately failed to take action to save the children from the fire.

However, after reviewing the case, including by consulting with the investigating detective, prosecutors determined that the evidence did not support the original charge. The statement said the evidence did prove that Andrea endangered the children by negligently failing to supervise them prior to the fire, which ultimately placed them in danger of injury or death. This charge of Endangering a Child is a State Jail Felony, which carries a maximum possible sentence of two years.

In addition to her intellectual disability, Andrea is also currently suffering from life-threatening physical ailments and is limited in her mobility.

Grandmother of children left in fire given probation

Waco, Tx (FOX 44) – The grandmother of two children who died in a 2018 fire has been given five years probation after pleading guilty to felony endangering a child. 49-year-old Andrea Aleman …

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[BuffettGirl]

Damn those eyes are soulless...

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Anthony & Rachel

 

[Alxprkrkrls]

Her mugshot looks like the cop said “ok now do a silly one”

 

[Future_Milf]

If she's 49, I'm 21. Pond scum deserves every beating coming her way.

 

[Angiebla]

If shes severely mentally and physically disabled, why was she watching 2 young kids?

 

[McDanel]

If shes severely mentally and physically disabled, why was she watching 2 young kids?

Decades ago, the severely mentally disabled were sterilized, so as not to produce children they hadn't the capacity to care for. That came to be considered cruel and excessively invasive.

 

[BooBooBen]

Hahajaja