'Get your kid bro': Woman abandoned baby outside dad's apartment at 2 a.m., dared him to 'Call CPS on me,' police say

A 26-year-old parent successful Texas was arrested aft she allegedly near a babe extracurricular of the father's apartment, notifying him astir the infant's whereabouts with a substance connection and daring him to notify authorities. Ashley Marie Bailey was taken into custody past week and charged with 1 number of abandoning oregon endangering a kid without the intent to return, authorities confirmed to Law&Crime.

Under state law, the abandoning complaint is simply a third-degree felony punishable by up to 10 years successful situation and a maximum imaginable good of $10,000.

According to an apprehension study obtained by Law&Crime, the incidental took spot astatine astir 2:05 a.m. connected Aug. 20, astatine the University Terrace Apartments successful the 1100 artifact Speight Avenue successful Waco, Texas. The apartments are located astir 100 miles southbound of Dallas.

Officers with the Waco Police Department responded to the code aft receiving a telephone from the begetter astir the babe being near extracurricular the flat doorway portion strapped into a car seat, Waco CBS affiliate KWTX reported.

Upon arriving astatine the scene, the baby's begetter spoke to officers, reportedly claiming that Bailey had near the kid extracurricular of his flat and sent him a substance connection that read, "come and get your baby…[she] is astatine the door. Bye. Talk to you tomorrow."

In different substance message, Bailey allegedly dared the child's begetter to crook her successful for abandoning the baby.

"IDC. Call CPS connected me," she reportedly wrote, presumably referring to Child Protective Services. "Get your kid, bro."

Another connection reportedly read: "IDC anymore. Hope you get her oregon idiosyncratic other is going to her truthful it's going to beryllium bad."

Bailey sent the archetypal substance connection notifying the begetter that the kid was extracurricular of the flat astatine 2:04 a.m., constabulary said. However, the begetter told investigators helium did not spot the connection for conscionable implicit 40 minutes, during which clip the babe was allegedly extracurricular and unattended.

In respective further messages sent that evening, Bailey was reportedly pleading with the begetter to unfastened the flat doorway and retrieve the child.

Officers astatine astir 3 a.m. went to Bailey's location successful the 700 artifact of Eagles Nest Drive and placed her nether apprehension and transported her to the McLennan County Jail for processing. She was aboriginal released connected bond. It was not instantly wide erstwhile she was scheduled to look successful tribunal again.

Authorities did not clarify Bailey's narration to the kid and the constabulary section did not instantly respond to a petition for further accusation from Law&Crime.