An Arizona mother was arrested after leaving her 5-month-old child home alone to exit drinking in the midst of the afternoon, police said.
Clare Margaret Meacham, 23, was busted on charges of driving under the influence and child abuse around 2:20 p.m. Thursday afternoon after police received calls a couple of possible drunk driver.
Once in handcuffs, the young mom told cops she can have left her baby home alone, in keeping with court documents obtained by CBS 5.
Police drove to Meacham’s home in east Mesa –and were capable of hear the infant’s frantic cries from outside the home.
Footage taken from Meacham’s doorbell camera showed she had left home around 12:44 p.m., abandoning her baby for over two hours before cops caught up together with her.
Meacham told police she had left the kid in the infant’s crib before leaving — but didn’t remember anything that happened after that, in keeping with the report.
Records showed she didn’t attempt to contact anyone to ask them to observe the infant while she was away, the outlet reported.
The mom — who might be seen smiling widely in her mugshot — lives alone together with her kid, and the one other one that had access to her house was her mother.
The kid, who was not injured, was later placed within the custody of a member of the family, cops said.
An Arizona mother was arrested after leaving her 5-month-old child home alone to exit drinking in the midst of the afternoon, police said.
Clare Margaret Meacham, 23, was busted on charges of driving under the influence and child abuse around 2:20 p.m. Thursday afternoon after police received calls a couple of possible drunk driver.
Once in handcuffs, the young mom told cops she can have left her baby home alone, in keeping with court documents obtained by CBS 5.
Police drove to Meacham’s home in east Mesa –and were capable of hear the infant’s frantic cries from outside the home.
Footage taken from Meacham’s doorbell camera showed she had left home around 12:44 p.m., abandoning her baby for over two hours before cops caught up together with her.
Meacham told police she had left the kid in the infant’s crib before leaving — but didn’t remember anything that happened after that, in keeping with the report.
Records showed she didn’t attempt to contact anyone to ask them to observe the infant while she was away, the outlet reported.
The mom — who might be seen smiling widely in her mugshot — lives alone together with her kid, and the one other one that had access to her house was her mother.
The kid, who was not injured, was later placed within the custody of a member of the family, cops said.
