Burlington County police arrested a mom after finding her kids home alone and hungry.
Police were alerted Wednesday evening when a concerned resident called because two unsupervised children were trying to start a fire on Stacy Court in Burlington. When officers arrived, they found the children, aged 8 and 7, unsupervised inside a house.
No food was in the home, according to police and the children complained they had not eaten in over a day.
Officers said they did find bottles of alcohol.
Police tracked down the 28-year-old mother and charged her with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
She was booked into the Burlington County Jail and the children were placed n the custody of the Child Protection and Permanency Agency.
