Child neglect
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Nov 4, 2026
Mark EiglarshHOST
Welcome back to Positively Legal.
Mark EiglarshHOST
Now, before we go off the record and we rant just a little bit, we gotta talk about this woman who was arrested for child neglect.
Mark EiglarshHOST
Her kids are like nine, 11, 12, and 14.
Mark EiglarshHOST
She left for five days.
Jonna SpilborHOST
Like, oh, how dare you hit yourself in the head with a dumbbell?
Mark EiglarshHOST
Yeah.
Mark EiglarshHOST
So it's four counts of child neglect with great bodily harm.
Mark EiglarshHOST
These are major charges.
Jesse Lee PetersonHOST
Like these videos, all right? One other quick one I want to show you about, according to this report, down in Florida, They arrested, according to the report, ABC News, they arrested a Florida mother.
Jesse Lee PetersonHOST
This Florida mother is charged with child neglect.
Jesse Lee PetersonHOST
They are saying that she left and went to Vegas and left the children at home by themselves.
Jesse Lee PetersonHOST
They said she went to Vegas for work and was gone for nearly a week.
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Police body camera footage shows the moment 50-year-old Irene Miller was taken into custody after she landed in Orlando's airport Friday.
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Miller was escorted off the jet bridge.
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placed in handcuffs and removed from the airport before being transferred to Orange County Jail, where she was booked on four counts of child neglect.
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Sheriff's deputies realized the children were alone when they received a 911 call from Miller's home in Kissimmee.
Mimi BrownCORRESPONDENT
Remember, Election Day is Tuesday, November 3rd.
Mimi BrownCORRESPONDENT
And now to Florida, where a mother of four is facing child neglect charges after police say she left her kids home alone for five days while she went to Las Vegas.
Mimi BrownCORRESPONDENT
Police arrested 50-year-old Irene Miller as soon as she got off her plane.
Mimi BrownCORRESPONDENT
But here's how they found out the children were alone.
Mimi BrownCORRESPONDENT
And these kids are 9, 11, 12, and 14 years old.
Mimi BrownCORRESPONDENT
The 9-year-old was taken to the hospital, treated, and later released to his father, who agreed to care for all four children.
Mimi BrownCORRESPONDENT
Miller is now facing four counts of child neglect.
Mimi BrownCORRESPONDENT
And if this story sounds familiar, there's a reason.
Mimi BrownHOST
Remember, Election Day is Tuesday, November 3rd.
Mimi BrownHOST
And now to Florida, where a mother of four is facing child neglect charges after police say she left her kids home alone for five days while she went to Las Vegas.
Mimi BrownHOST
Police arrested 50-year-old Irene Miller as soon as she got off her plane.
Mimi BrownHOST
But here's how they found out the children were alone.
Mimi BrownHOST
And these kids are 9, 11, 12, and 14 years old.
Mimi BrownHOST
The 9-year-old was taken to the hospital, treated, and later released to his father, who agreed to care for all four children.
Mimi BrownHOST
Miller is now facing four counts of child neglect.
Mimi BrownHOST
And if this story sounds familiar, there's a reason.
David MuirHOST
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
David MuirHOST
In Florida tonight, a mother of four has been arrested at the Orlando Airport, charged with child neglect.
David MuirHOST
Police took Irene Miller into custody as she returned from a three-day work trip to Las Vegas.
David MuirHOST
They say one of her kids called 911 after a dumbbell fell on her nine-year-old brother's head.
Erica MandyHOST
There's a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to his capture.
Erica MandyHOST
A Florida mom's arrest is sparking debate online about how old kids need to be to stay home alone and when a parent's decision becomes child neglect.
Erica MandyHOST
The mother was arrested on four counts of child neglect after authorities say she left her four children, ages nine to 14, home while she traveled to Las Vegas for work.
Erica MandyHOST
She says she arranged for a babysitter to help them get ready for school and check on them when they got home, but the sitter was not required to stay overnight.
Erica MandyHOST
Then one of the children called 911 when a dumbbell fell on her nine-year-old brother's head.
Bill ThomasHOST
look there are tons of things in life that open and close a side-by-side fridge you win on a tv game show coach doors on one of those old lincoln continental cars or maybe a ladder that you never use because you're afraid of falling things which shouldn't open and close and they don't include an 1898 silver dollar a 10 million dollar yacht and a poorly manufactured cell phone from our pals at apple two thousand bucks indeed who are they kidding And in Florida, authorities have just arrested a 50-year-old mom after she allegedly left her four young children without any supervision whatsoever while she took a days-long business trip to Las Vegas.
Bill ThomasHOST
After discovering the situation, police officers greeted the woman at the airport upon her return, eventually placing her in handcuffs and charging her with four counts of child neglect for her efforts.
Bill ThomasHOST
And we say the mom of the year award goes to this young lady from Florida.
Bill ThomasHOST
Well done, madam.
Rick StacyHOST
I mean, can you get, I mean, is she in trouble? Is she charged with anything?
JillHOST
They arrested her on four counts of child neglect without great bodily harm and was booked in the Orange County Jail.
Rick StacyHOST
So there must be a law then.
JillHOST
The children's father was contacted and took full custody of all four kids.
Rick StacyHOST
asking questions, what if, but I'm saying, how did they arrest her? They have to charge her with something.
Rick StacyHOST
They pulled her off the
JillHOST
plane for child neglect, I think, after 911 was called because something happened at the house.
Rick StacyHOST
is triggered when something happens only? I don't, you know what I'm saying? Because their harm came to one of the children.
Sydney SilvagniCORRESPONDENT
In West Virginia, two Charleston parents faced serious criminal charges after their severely malnourished 12-year-old daughter was left wandering alone for hours without either parent contacting authorities.
Sydney SilvagniCORRESPONDENT
Charleston police arrested 33-year-old Nuna Overton and 35-year-old Clarence Spottsville on October 12, booking them on charges of child neglect creating risk of injury, according to online court records.
Sydney SilvagniCORRESPONDENT
Authorities report the young girl had been wandering unsupervised for approximately six hours before finally arriving at a Dunkin' on Oakwood Road in search of her parents.
Sydney SilvagniCORRESPONDENT
Responding officers discovered a shocking case of extreme deprivation.
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This can manifest negatively in adult relationships.
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This was discussed in the episode Childhood Emotional Neglect.
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Additionally, there are those who are lazy.
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They want you to fix their problems for them.
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