ARLINGTON, Mass. — A babysitter from Care.com has been charged after police said they found her stumbling around a neighborhood, drunk and high, while she was watching a young boy.
Police found Susan Devereaux, 51 of Medford, around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday after a call from a neighbor. Police said they found her smelling of alcohol. She was with a three-year-old boy at the time and admitted to police she was the child's babysitter.
“I saw a woman walking and she was probably 20 feet ahead of him. He was just trying to keep up,” Matthew Wolfe, a neighbor, said.
The child's mother told police she had hired Devereaux on Care.com.
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“From the investigation on scene miss Devereux had multiple alcoholic beverages along with prescription drugs,” Arlington Police Capt. Richard Flynn said.
FOX25 spoke with Devereaux through a window at her home, and she claimed "those bottles were in the car from before and that this a complete misunderstanding.”
Devereux has been charged with reckless endangerment of a child. Her arraignment is scheduled for September 14.
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