1-year-old plummets out of 2nd-story window while mom leaves her 9-year-old in charge 'for a few minutes': Police

An Iowa pistillate was arrested aft her 1-year-old toddler fell retired of her apartment's second-floor model portion she was extracurricular the home.

Angelia Varner, 35, was released connected idiosyncratic recognizance aft she was arrested connected Monday and charged with 1 number of kid neglect. According to a transgression ailment reviewed by Law&Crime, Varner was accused of leaving her three young children alone connected Aug. 18 portion she went retired to the parking batch of her flat successful Newton, Iowa.

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According to the complaint, Varner told constabulary that she had near her 3 young children — ages 23 months, 3 years old, and 9 years aged — by themselves "for a fewer minutes" portion she went outside. She told constabulary that she near her 9-year-old successful complaint of the younger children.

Police stated that respective neighbors saw the toddler autumn portion Varner was extracurricular successful the parking lot.

The toddler had "abrasions and bruising" to her caput aft falling astir 12 feet, according to police.

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Police said that erstwhile they went wrong Varner's apartment, they saw that the model wherever the small miss fell had a "significantly" torn screen. The teardrop created an opening large capable to let a tiny kid to autumn out. Varner allegedly told constabulary that the surface had been torn for "several months," and she knew it was unfastened erstwhile she near the flat that day. She explained that she was trying to "cool" the home, constabulary said.

The flat manager told constabulary that Varner ne'er requested that her model beryllium fixed.

According to the complaint, Varner's neighbors told constabulary that they often saw the 3 children "play astatine the unfastened model and/or thin retired of it." The neighbors besides said that they often allegedly saw the children "unattended" and playing extracurricular without their parent around.

Varner was arrested connected 1 complaint of kid neglect and booked into the Jasper County Jail. She was released connected her ain recognizance and is scheduled to look successful tribunal connected Sept. 2.