Florida mom arrested at airport for leaving 4 kids home alone during work trip to Vegas
Key Points:
- A Central Florida mother, Irene Miller, faces multiple child neglect charges after leaving her four children, aged 9 to 14, home alone for several days while she traveled to Las Vegas.
- Deputies responded to a 911 call on October 21 after a 9-year-old boy was injured by a falling dumbbell; no adults were present at the home when authorities arrived.
- Miller left on October 18 and arranged for a babysitter to check on the children during the day but did not require overnight supervision.
- The injured boy was treated and released from Celebration Hospital, and the children were placed with their father.
- Miller was arrested upon returning to Orlando International Airport on October 23 and charged with four counts of child neglect without great bodily harm.