A 33-year-old Florida mother was arrested and charged this week after she allegedly left her small children unattended inside an unlocked car while she was at a bar.
An officer patrolling the area on Sunday noticed Jamie Leigh Gunn’s two children sitting by themselves inside the running unlocked vehicle that she left parked outside the bar.
The children, an 8-month-old baby, and a 2-year-old toddler were asleep in the backseat of the SUV.
Prosecutors said Gunn spent at least 20 minutes in the bar visiting a friend while “having no regard for her children who were left unattended.”
“When Gunn learned law enforcement was outside with her vehicle, she was more concerned about going to jail than the welfare of her children,” police said on Facebook.
Gunn, who has a criminal record, was charged with child neglect. Her children were handed over to a relative.
