A woman who was wandering the streets of Athens with a toddler at about 12:35 p.m. in Friday’s frigid weather was arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child, authorities said.
The 3-year-old child was taken into the care of the Limestone County Department of Human Resources, said Athens Police Capt. Marty Bruce.
The mother, Angie Lynn Davis, 32, gave her address as 1202 Seventh Avenue in Athens but said she had been “put out of her house,” Bruce said.
“She said she did not have anywhere to go,” he said.
Davis also had no car.
The charges stem from the fact that she kept the child outdoors when temperatures were below 20 degrees rather than taking her inside a store or calling someone for help, he said.
Davis allegedly had been walking to businesses in the area of U.S. 72 and Interstate 65 asking for money.
“Davis claimed she needed money to get food for her child,” Bruce said, but she had some money on her.
She also was charged with loitering and giving a false name to law enforcement.
She has two alias warrants from when she did not come to court for driving while suspended, and alias warrants for driving with no child restraint, and driving with no insurance, Bruce said.
Endangering the welfare of a child is a class A misdemeanor.
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