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Mom jailed for leaving her kids at Burger King while shopping
Posted: 08.27.2012 at 10:39 AM
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Read more:  Local, Crime, News, Maricela Hernandez Molina, Burger King Mom, Child Abandonment, Children Alone, Burger King, Walmart, Mom Went Shopping, Kids Left At Burger King, Children Left Alone, Brownsville Police Department, West Alton Gloor Boulevard, Brownsville, Cameron County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

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A Brownsville mother is facing criminal charges after she allegedly left her children at a local Burger King restaurant while she went shopping across the street.

Brownsville police arrested 45-year-old Maricela Hernandez Molina around 4:20 p.m. Sunday afternoon.

Investigators told Action 4 News that Molina left her 8- and 9-year-old children at a Burger King near West Alton Gloor and Expressway 77/83.

Molina allegedly went  to a Walmart store across the street and went shopping for 45 minutes.

Officers charged Molina with two counts of abandoning a child with intent to return.

Molina appeared before a Brownsville municipal court judge on Monday morning.

Bond information was not immediately available.

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