Boy found roaming in street; mom held

A Little Rock woman was arrested Thursday after police found her 4-year-old son wandering near Baseline Road, a report said.

Little Rock police officers arrested Maria Estela Rivera-Martinez, 27, on a charge of first-degree endangering the welfare of a minor after finding her son in the area of 9000 Baseline Road, the report said.

Officers took the boy back to his residence but could not find Rivera-Martinez and placed the child into the custody of the Arkansas Department of Human Services, the report said. Rivera-Martinez later reported her son as missing and was arrested.

Rivera-Martinez was in the Pulaski County jail without bail Thursday evening, according to the jail’s roster.