Mother charged after leaving children alone
Jennifer Lee, 35, of Towamencin told police she had appointment to keep
LANSDALE >> A Towamencin woman is facing charges for leaving her two 11-month-old children unattended and alone.
Jennifer Takara Lee, 35, of the 100 block of Clemens Court in Towamencin faces four charges in court after allegedly leaving the two home alone last month.
According to the police criminal complaint against Lee, Towamencin police received a call around 1:15 p.m. on Dec. 7, 2018, after receiving a report from a family member related to Lee that two 11-month-old children were there, alone and unsupervised.
Police arrived on the scene and met with the person who reported the call, a family member of Lee, along with the two children. The family member told police that she had arrived around 1 p.m. and did not see Lee’s vehicle in the parking lot, and after entering the residence, found both infants inside, and no one else.
According to police, the family member then tried to call Lee, eventually making contact around 1:30 p.m, and Lee told the family member she was at Walgreens, and said “I can’t take them everywhere I go.”
Police then made contact with Lee, who acknowledged that she had left the two children at home and unattended. Lee told police she had an appointment, the family member was unable to watch the children, and she could not find anyone else to babysit.
Lee also told police she had left her home around 12:20 p.m. after putting the children in a play area, and expected the appointment to last around 45 minutes.
Lee has been charged with two felony counts of endangering the welfare of children and two misdemeanor counts of recklessly endangering another person.
She was arraigned on Dec. 14 and released after posting $5,000 bail on Dec. 16, with her next date in court slated to be a preliminary hearing before District Judge Ed Levine of Lansdale on Jan. 16, according to court records.
Lee has been charged with two felony counts of endangering the welfare of children and two misdemeanor counts of recklessly endangering another person.