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On July 27th,
2023, officers were dispatched in
response to a report of child neglect.
It was reported that two children, ages
9 and two, had been left alone overnight
and into the following day. Upon
arrival, officers were met at the door
by the 9-year-old, who was visibly
distressed, crying, shaking, and
speaking on the phone with her
grandmother. Officers immediately
observed that the apartment was in a
severe state of disarray, making it
difficult to navigate through the space.
Throughout the residence, there were
visible signs of drug and cigarette use.
Additionally, officers found training
toilets in both an upstairs bedroom and
the living room, both containing human
waste. The 2-year-old child was found to
have urinated through her clothing and
appeared visibly dirty and unckempt.
Given the circumstances, officers took
custody of both children until their
grandmother arrived to take
responsibility for them. Several hours
later, officers were finally able to
make contact with the children's mother,
who later appeared for questioning.
Alexa, okay. Um, could you come with us,
please?
Are you dead? Yeah, we're dead. Okay.
Um, it's going to be a few minutes if
you don't mind hanging out. Yeah. Yeah,
I can hang out just here to support her
and bring her down. Okay. All right.
Appreciate it. So,
I'm back. Okay. Just so you're aware on
go
ahead
here chair like that so we're not all
squeezed in.
Okay. Um, because of the circumstances,
um, you're at the PD, um, you're in an
interview room. Um, I have to advise you
of your rights. It's a bit of a
formality, but I have to.
Do you understand each of these rights
I've explained to you? I do. Having
these rights of minds, do you wish to
talk to us now?
Okay. So, I am getting a
little Yeah. Sure. Okay. So, um, do you
want to have them here or you said you
kind of already know what's going on,
right? So, I kind of explained it to you
on the phone, right? Um, what is your
guys's extend? What is what's the
definition of extended? What do you mean
extended? Like extended period of time.
Uh, I understand what I did. Okay. Not
right, you know. But but it's an
extended like so it the statute varies
but there's a factors there's factors
that go into it. Um there's the totality
of it's called what's called the
totality of the circumstances. I mean
for one the the mental state of the
child itself the age just like literally
minutes like the entire time I was gone
for three hours.
That's what what what is your what is
your definition of
saying so you're saying you were gone
for 3 hours? I left at one night she was
like yes
what was like around 1:00 I'm assuming
and what time like the afternoon? Yes.
Okay. Well that's I'm we'll be honest
with you that's not what No I I No, I I
did leave the night before I came back
home. Okay. Yeah. And she was still No,
they were not. They were Yeah. So,
you're saying you you left at 1:00, but
you came back? Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. I
talked to my neighbor. She was right
next door to me and told I was like,
"Hey, keep an eye on them." You know,
she was in the shower when you guys were
there. And I was like, "How did you miss
that?" And yeah, that's why I was asking
who miss my my neighbor. Okay. My next
door neighbor. We were best friends in
high school. She happens to be my
neighbor. And I told her like, "Hey, I'm
keep an eye on them. I'll be right. I
had planned on being right back
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but
and my reading my ride and what also
took so long which I spoke with you
about.
Yeah, that's why I just I didn't know
your guys' definition of extended
regardless. She's 9 years old. An hour
is too long. But that was like max what
it was supposed to be. Yeah. Well,
regardless like you said like I said I
mean it is what No. And I and I fully
Yes. But Okay. So, yeah. It
in generally speaking, a 9-year-old
cannot take care of a 2-year-old. It
must be left unattended, right? Sure.
So, that's where that's where the charge
legally. Yes. Legally. Legally. And
given the conditions that the house was
in, right? um the fact that the the
2-year-old uh was soiled um she had
urinated through her diaper, through her
clothes and been an extended period of
time clearly since the diaper been
changed. Right.
Reasonably so. Right. And her dad bought
her size three diapers cuz he's a dumb
ass. She size five diapers. Okay. So
that also doesn't help but you
understand. Absolutely 100%. Um,
cannabis is illegal, but there's
cannabis pipe that's on the couch. You
know, there's there's burnt cigarettes
that are also on the couch. There's, you
know, I'm saying there's there's a lot
of things that went into course the
investigation and unfortunately
um, you know, we have to take action as
law enforcement officers.
No, I understand. Absolutely. Um, and we
as officers have that right to then take
children into protective custody and
notify DCS DCFS if there's no way for
them to be cared for at that time.
Right. Mhm. So, and that's exactly what
we did. So, we been on the phone. We
were on the phone and
correct. Um, and they helped take care
of the girls occasionally. Um, so have
you been contacted by DCFS at all yet?
Or have you been in contact with or I've
tried to call her multiple times? Yeah.
DCFS is is obviously going to have an
investigation. So here's and I'll lay
this out to you. Okay. So we
speaking when we first got there, if you
were home, I just Okay. Well, I mean, we
we saw like the messages and stuff,
everything there, but we also saw the
Snapchat at midnight. That Yeah, that
was And then I came home literally like
What time did you come home in the
morning?
I was picking my cousin up. She works at
Central Avenue Tech in Denver.
She got off around like 1:00 and she
closed by down early, dropped her off
and went home and they were asleep.
Okay. Yeah, they were up for a while.
sub obviously slept in, but yeah. Okay.
No, you and you can talk to my neighbor.
I mean, she can attest to that. So,
after you dropped her off at 1, about
what time would you say you got back?
Last night. Well, it would have been
this morning. No, I mean, technically, I
guess, but like I dropped my cousin off
at home. She lives 5 minutes away from
me and my home
directly, but no, I talked right before
around like 1 today.
And hey, I'll be right back because that
was the plan. And here we are. So once
you got back, did you what did you do
after that? Once you got after got
dropping her off. I went home. And then
did you leave again? At 1:00 in the
afternoon the next day. Yes.
On the afternoon. The next day. Yes. So
today Yeah.
Okay. So it's So you left at one is
gone, right? Yeah. This is No. No. So
who absolutely who can confirm what
you're telling us? Okay. Absolutely. Cuz
you I mean you understand where that
makes a complete difference her
thinking. Yeah. Oh, absolutely. And No,
cuz I mean that's that's how it appears
given the circumstances of That's not
No, not at all. No, I
I'm assuming that Yeah. No. Yeah. But
she's asleep when or she's awake when
you left. She's asleep when you got
home. She's still asleep when you left.
They're not both of them. Yeah, they
were up. So when she wakes up I mean I I
woke her up. No, I woke her up but she's
absolutely You know what I mean? Yeah.
But they she said they they had not
eaten anything. I have plenty of food in
my house. She wanted me to bring her
Taco Bell and that's that's really what
I saw the Taco Bell. Yeah, she wanted to
Taco Bell. That's why I have plenty of
food in my house. She had plenty of
access to food. That's not a problem.
No. Okay. So, well, the problem is she's
9 years old. No, absolutely. Absolutely.
That makes a huge difference. I mean,
Bron is wrong regardless, but I'm not
that damn long. No. True.
We've never met you, so yeah. So, I
mean, we we get there and she's
distraught. So, yes. Like, think about
what we're walking into walk into. Yes.
Yes. And she's a 9-year-old girl that
literally was just speaking to like
you've seen that. I don't know. Right.
But I mean like you like you acknowledge
doesn't matter as long. No. Absolutely.
Doesn't matter if it's 15 minutes or if
it's Right. Right. You know 15 hours as
it appeared. No. Right. No. That 15
minutes. Right. Right. Has this I mean
has stuff like this happened before? No.
Is it? No. Yeah, we'll sit with each
other's kids. I'll sit with her kids.
Absolutely. Absolutely. She's in the
apartment. Yeah. Literally right my next
door neighbor. We're best friends in
high school. Does she have kids? She has
two girls about the same age or they're
a little bit a little mine. Yeah. A
little bit younger. Yeah. Is there
anybody else that would have come and
gone from there or having did you have
anybody else with you or that dropped my
cousin off? No. But nobody else came
back to the apartment or anything. Okay.
Was that a last minute thing to go pick
her up or was that She Yeah. No, she
didn't have a car, got stuck at work,
and yeah, that was definitely last
minute and it next time we're going to
find Uber. I don't know. Did you Did was
Ally aware that you were going to be
leaving that night to take care of the
kids? Yeah. Okay. You talked to her
about it specifically? Yeah. Okay. And
then like through text or through phone
conversation or just No, I just not
talking. Okay. And she was up at 1:00
a.m. Yeah. Well, I heard a kid crying
and so I knew she was up so just ran
over there. I mean, like I said, we're
best friends in high school and she
messaged me on Facebook and was like,
"Hey, I think you're married your
neighbor." So, like, it kind It's nice,
you know. Does he watch your kids pretty
often? I wouldn't say often, but like if
we're going to run somewhere or
whatever. Yeah. She's right next door.
You know, it's convenient and it helps.
So,
how she Yeah. Yeah. She plays with her
daughter. Like I said, they're a little
bit she's used to her friends are either
way younger, way older. So, Our youngest
daughters are about the same age. And do
you have any other open DCFS cases? No.
Okay. No. You saw a DCFS letter that was
right there in the the doorway. No, no,
that was old and it was an unfounded
case. Okay. So, do you remember the
circumstances of that? I don't. Okay.
Yeah. I mean, it was unfounded. Yeah.
All right. So, just going back through,
you go to pick her up your cousin.
Yep. The second one. Mhm. at 1:00 from
the bar central central st right over
the bridge. Yeah. She got our down
there. And where where did she live?
Where you drop her off? Like probably 5
10 years. She lives um east morning.
East morning. Mhm. Okay. Yeah. She
dropped her off and then
How long do you think that whole thing
took? From going to pick her up at 1ish.
The bars closed at 1. She she had closed
down early. So yeah. Um like 30 minutes.
I ran the trash out with her and we
immediately left and dropped off. Didn't
even get out the car. I put in park and
went home. So, you say we're at home
like maybe like 1:30? 1:45ish. Yeah.
They have decent decent cameras at the
park. No, I mean at the they
Yeah, I'm sure. So, be able to see Kevin
going to tell me. Yeah. Okay. What was
wrong with the car? I'm still trying to
figure that out. Her boyfriend is
dealing with that as I hit a deer in a
car. So just go like when you got back
you just went to bed pretty much
immediately. Yeah. And the girls were
asleep at that time. What time do you
think you woke up today?
Not really. From where where were the
girls sleeping in the house? Were they
in the living room or upstairs? Couch.
Okay. On the couch. Both of them
probably. Okay.
Nobodyies. And what time did you You
said you left at 1:00 today. Around that
time I Yeah. And it was Where did you go
this afternoon? I had to go this time. I
was supposed to let her take my car and
she was supposed to drop me back off at
home. I was letting her borrow my car.
It was her Okay. Yeah. So, she was going
to borrow your car today. Take it and
drop me back off at home. Okay. And then
then what happened? It stalled out.
Okay. Where where is that at? It was
like leave shortly leaving her
apartment. Okay. And you just leave?
Yeah. It was not far. Where were you at
when you we started talking? I walked to
her apartment. You were So you were at
her apartment. Yeah. I would have just
walked home if I knew, you know, like
But I mean that would have been a hell
of a walk and but So who was the ride
that you said you were going to get? You
said that you had a ride with my friend,
but he had to go to work and so
thankfully my dad is in town. Where's
your dad from? Uh he's from here but he
just took a job out in Colorado and he's
in town for my birthday. Okay. Yeah. The
number that we're communicating on is
that that's the best number to contact
you. Okay. Yeah. Okay. So you're you're
going to be getting call from DCFS? I
Yeah, of course. Because as of right now
there's a safety plan in place. Okay. So
there's a plan set up by DCFS while they
conduct their investigation to make sure
the girls have adequate safety and
supervision. Okay. I saw no safety plan.
I understand. No, I haven't signed one.
So, there's not a safety plan set in
place. DCFS has has done a safety plan.
I can get you a contact number for the
the case worker. No. Yeah. Yeah. I'm
just um What does that entail? Uh they
will conduct their investigation to and
determine whether or not basically that
you're you're fit to take care of them
at that point. Right. So, until that
point, until that they make their final
decision and it goes to court, then they
well, not necessarily the the criminal
case, but the family court matter. So
they decide and they get an order
um for the children to go into different
custody. That's kind of where things are
at as of now. So that that's not that
has nothing to do with us. That's DCFS,
right? And we are like say like you said
now they can do safety recommendations
and they can recommend all but there's
not a safety there's not a safety is
also involved. Dylan's here I'm sure.
Dylan and they sound real good. Of
course. Well, I didn't speak with him.
Okay.
I mean, just gave him the synopsis of
what's going on, right? Uh, you guys
have 50. I have custody. He has
visitation. Okay. Yeah.
Do you guys have copies of that
paperwork somewhere? I do. Okay. Yeah.
Uh, so that's where things are now. Like
I said, you're going to be contacted by
um DCFS in the future. I can't I can't
say when. It has to be within 24 to 48
hours on that. And I'm sure they will
contact you tomorrow for the weekend. So
yeah, but as is a safety plan, but like
there's no safety plan in place because
nothing was signed by both parties. So
like those kids. Well, I I can't speak
to the the practices and dec I know I've
I'm familiar like I've never personally
had one. I you can they can recommend
but there's also emergency circumstances
where things had to be done without
parental consent. Yeah. Yeah. So, and
given the circumstances and the facts
that we have leading up to this, that's
where things are at. Okay. So, where's
what's up with my youngest daughter
then? Uh, the plan is that right now
that they're both in the care of That's
not her dad. Well, she's with your mom
now. Both of them are. She has a dad and
that's not See, there is no s You
understand what I'm saying? There is no
That's not a safety plan. That's not
what they would do. That's the plan that
we have in place. Okay. Not we but DC.
She can go with her dad. She don't Yeah,
she has a dad. You can talk to DCF about
that one. Well, I would have to talk to
my mom. Okay. That's not a safety.
That's not Again, I mean, we can we can
split hairs on what the verbiage is or
what the the course of action is, but
that's that's where things are as No, I
get that. Yeah. So, anything else? You
guys conduct Yeah. Do what you got to
do. I'm sure they will, too. But, okay.
So, um we're going to do all the the
we're going to do all the booking here
and then we'll give you a court date.
It's not like the old days where you
jail for a misdemeanor. This is Yeah, we
Yeah, we just Not that I want to go to
jail or anything, but that's crazy. I
don't know. When they pass that, that'd
be first of the year. Um, these laws
came into effect about 2019. Can I go
like not? Not that. Not quite. No, but
like bad against people, felonies still
very I see they is it they make it sound
bad like you can I don't know. I see
stuff on the news or like people on
videos that are like you can Illinois,
you can do rap, kill, whatever. not a
deal. That's not really the case. I
would hope not. No. Um, yeah. So, we'll
we'll go downstairs. We'll get through
the paperwork and then you'll be have a
court date.
We'll get you that. You got, like I
said, fill out all the paperwork. Okay.
So, you have a court date on the 28th of
August. If you come over here, please,
and sign, read here. This is just
um just goes over explaining everything.
You know, you're no bond. You're just
going to have an this just that you a
notice that you could appear on the
28th.
Questions, comments, concerns,
something.
Okay. Let you out the back.
We run. Yeah.
Appreciate it.
Take care.
Just make sure they answer the phone
tomorrow. Okay.
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