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Mother arrested after 5-year-old found wandering WalMart alone
Posted: 11.02.2012 at 4:41 PM
Action 4 News Staff

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Read more:  Local, Crime, News, Erika Simental Rodriguez, Child Abandonment, Child Endangerment, Child Alone, Child Wandering Store Alone, Walmart, Brownsville Police Department, Alton Gloor Boulevard, Brownsville, Cameron County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

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A Brownsville mother is facing criminal charges after her 5-year-old child was found wandering a WalMart store alone.

Brownsville police arrested Erika Simental Rodriguez on a child abandonment charge on Thursday.

Investigators told Action 4 News that it all happened at a WalMart store off Alton Gloor Boulevard.

Employees told police that they found a 5-year-old child wandering the store alone.

The employees paged Rodriguez numerous times but she didn't go up front until 30 minutes later.

Rodriguez told police that she sent her 10-year-old child to look for the 5-year-old while she continued to shop.

The Brownsville mother appeared before a municipal court judge where she was issued a $5,000 dollar bond.

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