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A 20-year-old Jersey City mother has been charged with endangering the welfare of her two toddlers and her 7-month-old baby after leaving them at home alone for hours Saturday night into early Sunday while she allegedly went clubbing in Manhattan, police said.
No harm came to any of the children thanks to neighbors who took care of the three tots after finding a tearful 3-year-old boy and his naked 2-year-old sister roaming the second-floor hallway of the family's Arlington Avenue apartment building at about 8:15 p.m. with no adult supervision, police spokesman Lt. Edgar Martinez said.
When police tracked down a cell phone number for Jessica Figueroa, 20, a couple of hours later and called her to tell her that her kids were at the South District precinct on Bergen Avenue and she needed to come there right away, she told them she was at a club in Manhattan and would return if she could get a ride, Martinez said.
When Figueroa, who had an open warrant out of Hoboken, finally showed up to the precinct at 1:43 a.m., she was arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child, he said.
The resident called his girlfriend and they went to the apartment where the children lived and found the door open and the 7-month-old infant on a mattress crying, police said.
Jersey City mom goes partying and leaves three tots, including 7-month-old, home alone: cops | NJ.com
Three kids - no husband. One outstanding warrant. Too young to drink.
What should be her punishment?