If you can honestly see yourself doing something like this, please get help before it's too late. If you're this bad, you do have a gambling problem.
Feb 20, 2007 9:59 am US/Central
Police: Mom Left Boy, 10, At MOA While She Gambled
(AP) Bloomington, Minn. Bloomington Police are investigating a mother who allegedly left her 10-year-old son at the Mall of America while she went to a casino.
The boy was found wandering the mall unattended around 7:30 Friday evening. He had a wristband for unlimited rides at the mall's theme park, but said he hadn't eaten and didn't have any money.
Police Commander Jim Ryan says after dropping the boy off at the mall, the mother took a noon shuttle bus to Mystic Lake casino in Prior Lake. Ryan says the 41-year-old woman was paged at the casino, and when she was reached around 9:30 that night, she said she didn't have a ride -- and the next shuttle wasn't due until midnight.
Police took custody of the boy, who's now being cared for in a Minneapolis group home. His mother could face possible child-endangerment charges, a gross misdemeanor. |
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