Woman Arrested for Allegedly Leaving 3-Year-Old Son Alone for 6 Hours While Undergoing Cosmetic Surgery in Doral – WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

Lina Portman3 days ago

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DORAL, FLA. (WSVN) – A Daytona Beach woman has been arrested for child neglect after allegedly leaving her three-year-old son alone for six hours while she underwent plastic surgery in Doral.

According to the arrest report, police were dispatched to 8045 NW 104th Ave. around 4:15 p.m. Thursday after a small boy was found wandering alone in the complex.

Police said the child was discovered by a neighbor, who found him asleep on his doorstep around 4 p.m. Another neighbor reported seeing the child exit a third-floor apartment earlier in the day, according to the arrest report.

According to the arrest report, surveillance footage revealed the child left the apartment at 1:13 p.m. and wandered the halls unsupervised until he was found.

Further investigation showed that the child's mother, identified as Jessica Renteria, 25, was leaving the apartment she had rented through Airbnb, at 10:12 a.m., indicating that the child had been left unattended for approximately six hours, according to the report.

Police said officers located Renteria at a Doral hospital where she had undergone cosmetic surgery.

Renteria allegedly claimed she asked a friend to care for her son, but the friend denied she was asked to care for the child.

Renteria was charged with third-degree child neglect for failing to provide adequate supervision and reasonable care to her son.