Mom abandoned 3 kids barefoot at hospital, blaming them after 'another' of their dogs died: Police

A 58-year-old pistillate successful Florida is accused of abandoning her 3 children extracurricular a infirmary aft becoming enraged implicit the decease of a household dog, telling deputies she was "done" with them, according to authorities.

Sandra Teague was arrested past week and charged with 3 counts of child neglect and abandonment, tribunal records show.

According to a probable origin affidavit, the probe into Teague began erstwhile infirmary unit reported that a juvenile lad had walked into the exigency country unsocial astatine noon connected April 30 wearing nary shoes, telling unit his parent had dropped him disconnected aft "getting upset." The kid besides told unit that his siblings had been abandoned nearby.

Authorities aboriginal located the lad walking on a roadway and brought him backmost to the hospital, wherever investigators and kid protective officials interviewed each 3 children.

According to the affidavit, the children described a chaotic location situation with their mother's behaviour escalating earlier that greeting aft Teague "found retired different 1 of their dogs had died" — 1 of respective caller favored deaths. One kid said their parent "went crazy" aft learning of the dog's death, portion different told deputies the pets were often malnourished and had antecedently died from a deficiency of nutrient and water.

In 1 relationship elaborate successful the affidavit, Teague's lad described a signifier of neglect and being regularly forced retired of the home.

"[Sandra's son] said Sandra loves dogs much than helium and his sisters, and would alternatively walk clip with dogs than with her children," the affidavit said. "[He] said contiguous was the archetypal clip she dropped them disconnected determination and made them get out, arsenic she usually conscionable locks them retired of the house. When asked erstwhile the past clip they (children) were locked out, and wherever they usually go, [the son] said his sisters volition slumber extracurricular each night, and helium volition permission and effort to enactment astatine a friend's house," adding that the lockouts happened "about each different day."

On the time of the incident, the children said their parent drove them to the infirmary and ordered them retired of the vehicle. When 1 kid tried to enactment connected her shoes, Teague allegedly berated her, saying she "cannot instrumentality the shoes" due to the fact that Teague purchased them and they were "hers."

Deputies aboriginal contacted Teague astatine her residence, wherever she was holding a babe she was babysitting. She instantly blamed 1 of her children for the dog's death, telling deputies, "My girl killed my canine past night," and adding that she nary longer wanted to attraction for her children due to the fact that "they merit idiosyncratic that they volition perceive to."

Teague went connected to kick that her children refused to bash schoolwork oregon chores and were "constantly sneaking astir astatine night," astatine 1 constituent saying she planned to permission and spell "out of state, wherever nary 1 tin find me."

When asked astir dropping the children off, Teague allegedly admitted she had taken them to the infirmary and near them there, aboriginal claiming she believed it was a harmless spot to bash so.

Deputies described disturbing conditions astatine the home, noting a beardown odor of garbage and feces adjacent the beforehand doorway and observing aggregate dogs inside. One lawman reported that Teague stepped successful what appeared to beryllium feces wrong the residence and wiped it disconnected connected her leg, portion besides pointing to a rain-filled conch ammunition with algae arsenic a h2o root for a panting three-legged dog.

Investigators besides observed flies landing connected the babe Teague was caring for arsenic she placed the kid connected a mat outside, according to the affidavit.

Authorities aboriginal recovered a deceased canine wrong the home's garage.

Neighbors told deputies the household had a past of large arguments. One provided video successful which a pistillate believed to beryllium Teague could beryllium heard yelling, "If you travel successful my f—ing house, I'll f—ing termination you," during a quality days earlier.

Authorities said Teague did not interaction instrumentality enforcement earlier abandoning the children, though she did connection her ex-husband asking for help.

Deputies took her into custody aboriginal that time and seized her telephone arsenic evidence.

Teague is presently being held astatine the Flagler County Jail connected a $150,000 bond, records show. She is scheduled to look successful tribunal for her arraignment connected May 26.