GASTONIA, N.C. — A Gastonia mother is charged after police found her three children ages 4,5, and 7 outside their home allegedly drunk on vodka.
The Gaston Gazette reports emergency workers were called to the apartment on Hartford Drive just before 8:30 p.m. Monday about an overdose.
Police said the oldest child had defecated outside and was simulating sex acts on her brother. All three children were "heavily intoxicated" and were taken to the hospital for treatment.
Police say Tyeisha Streater’s 4,5, & 6 year old children found drunk & home alone for 7 hours. They were hospitalized for alcohol consumption. Streater says the vodka bottle were filled with water. We talked to a man who stepped in to help the children. At 5 on @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/nwH2Dim2Jn
— Ken (@kenlemonWSOC9) May 1, 2018
Tyeisha Coneisha Streater, 26, is accused of leaving the children alone for at least seven hours. Police said they found multiple empty bottles of vodka in the apartment. Streater was jailed on charges of misdemeanor child abuse and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Bond was set at $25,000.
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