MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Police officers arrested a 43-year-old woman after an 11-year-old boy turned up alone in deep south Miami-Dade County.
Police officers arrested Althea Edwards at about 11:50 a.m., on Saturday in Miami-Dade’s Naranja neighborhood after accusing her of child neglect.
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Police officers described the boy as “disabled” and “nonverbal” and reported Edwards had left the boy home alone at about 9:20 a.m.
A witness reported Edwards was at home with the boy when he left for work at about 4 a.m., according to a police report.
Police officers didn’t identify the relationship that the boy has with Edwards or the witness. A bond court judge ordered Edwards to stay away from the child, records show.
Edwards’s arraignment hearing is set for 9 a.m., on Jan. 8. Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge William Altfield is set to preside over the case.
Miami-Dade detectives were asking anyone with information about the case to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.