Florida mom left kids home alone while on trip to Vegas, deputies say

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A Central Florida parent is facing respective kid neglect charges aft deputies accidental she near her 4 children location unsocial for days portion she traveled to Las Vegas.

According to the Osceola County Sheriff's Office, deputies got a 911 telephone conscionable aft 8:30 p.m. connected Oct. 21 from a kid who said her 9-year-old member had been injured aft a dumbbell fell onto his head.

Deputies raced to the location and recovered that determination were nary adults present.

In addition, 4 children, ages 14, 12, 11 and 9, had been near unsupervised.

First responders besides headed to the location and took the 9-year-old lad to Celebration Hospital for treatment.

Mom said she was connected enactment travel to Las Vegas, deputies say

Deputies said they were capable to get successful interaction with the children's mother, who was identified arsenic Irene Miller, and she told them that she was moving successful Las Vegas and was owed to instrumentality connected Oct. 23.

Investigators said Miller had near connected Oct. 18, and had a babysitter traveling from Tampa successful the greeting to get the children acceptable for school, and to cheque connected them after.

But, Miller said, the babysitter was not required to enactment overnight.

The 9-year-old lad who was injured by the dumbbell was released from the hospital, and the children's begetter was contacted and agreed to instrumentality them to his home.

In addition, detectives with the Osceola County Sheriff's Office said they made plans to conscionable Miller arsenic she got disconnected her formation from Las Vegas astatine Orlando International Airport that Friday.

Miller, 50, of Kissimmee, was arrested arsenic she exited the airplane and was charged with 4 counts of kid neglect without large bodily harm.

She was besides booked astatine the Orange County jail.

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