Crime & Safety
Drunk Mom Leaves Kids Home Alone To Go Out To Eat, Police Said
Blanca Baltazar, 32, was highly intoxicated and forgot she left her kids at hone when she went to a restaurant, police said.
CYPRESS, TX — Police arrested a woman Sunday morning after she allegedly left her young children alone while she went to a restaurant to eat, officials said. According to witnesses, Blanca Baltazar apparently became very upset when she was unable to find her three children.
Deputies were called to the 18200 block of Valebluff Lane in Cypress at about 1 a.m. for a disturbance. When they arrived, deputies identified Baltazar and determined she was highly intoxicated. Baltazar said she was unable to find her children who were between the ages of 5- and 7-years-old.
Deputies were able to determine that she'd left her children unattended at her home in Katy while she went to a local food establishment to eat.
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Baltazar was arrested and booked into the Harris County Jail, charged with child abandonment. Her bond was set at $1,500.00 out of the 228th District Court.
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