A Towamencin mother who left her two 11-month-old children at home while she was running errands has been sentenced to probation and community service.
According to court records, Jennifer Lee, 35, of Towamencin, plead guilty on June 17 to one felony count of endangering the welfare of children. An additional felony charge of endangering the welfare of children, as well as two misdemeanor counts of recklessly endangering another person, were dropped at that time.
On Sept. 18, Lee was sentenced to five years of probation and 100 hours of community service by Common Please Judge Thomas Branca. Lee must also comply with any orders from the Montgomery County Office of Children and Youth, according to court records.
According to the criminal complaint, police were dispatched to the 100 block of Clemens Court at 1:15 p.m. on Dec. 7, 2018, for a report of two 11-month-old children that were found to be left unattended in a pack-and-play. Upon arrival, police encountered the children’s maternal grandmother, who said she had made the call.
The grandmother informed police that that she arrived to Lee’s apartment around 1 p.m., but did not see her vehicle in the parking lot. The grandmother then entered the apartment, and found the two infants inside a pack-and-play on the second floor.
The report states that the grandmother made phone contact with Lee around 1:30 p.m., who stated that she was at Walgreens. When asked during their conversation why the children were left alone, Lee reportedly told her mother “I can’t take them everywhere I go.” Police would later make phone contact with Lee, who acknowledged that she left her children unsupervised due to being unable to find someone to watch them while she went to an appointment.
Lee informed police that she had left the apartment shortly after noon, and anticipated that her appointment would last approximately 45 minutes. Neither of the children were harmed during the incident.
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