Woman found unresponsive with food cooking on stove charged with child neglect

DUNBAR, WV (WOWK) – A girl located unresponsive in her dwelling has been billed with boy or girl neglect in Dunbar, West Virginia.

According to a felony criticism from the Kanawha County Justice of the peace Clerk’s Office, an officer with the Dunbar law enforcement responded to a home on Maple Road in Dunbar close to 11 p.m. Saturday, Could 21, 2022 with regards to a feasible overdose. The officer states he observed a woman, recognized as Sydney McCracken, 22, lying unresponsive in the residing room currently being treated by firefighters.

The officer states they spoke with a further individual on scene who advised the officer she experienced arrived at the residence and allegedly observed the crucial even now in the locking system of the entrance door. The female suggests she located McCracken lying unresponsive versus the entrance door when she entered the property.

Law enforcement say the lady also identified two modest kids in the dwelling when she arrived, just one of whom was McCracken’s youngster and the other was a buddy of her child’s. Firefighters advised the officer that the youngsters have been “very frantic” when they arrived on the scene. The fireplace office also explained to the officer they allegedly noticed foods being cooked on the stove and say, from their specialist views, the cooking food stuff could have triggered a hearth if it hadn’t been removed from the stove.

McCracken has been billed with child neglect developing danger of injuries.