[NYPOST] A Florida woman was shoplifting inside a retail store when she left two children unattended in a vehicle that burst into flames, police said. Alicia Moore, 24, an Orlando resident, is charged with aggravated child neglect and arson, FOX Orlando reported.
On May 26, Moore parked her car outside a Dillard’s department store at the Oviedo Mall and left two children "who could not care for themselves" inside the vehicle, authorities said.
She then went into the store and began shoplifting with a man, police said.
After about an hour, Moore left the store and found her vehicle engulfed in flames.
She dropped the stolen items before leaving the store, the news report said.
Witnesses saw the car on fire and rescued the children inside.
One child suffered first-degree burns to her face and ears.
Florida mom arrested after 11-month-old left in hot car while she officiated church service dies
[NYPOST] A Florida mother has been arrested in the death of her 11-month-old baby, who was left alone in a hot car for three hours while she officiated a church service.Bulaine Molme, 37, was booked late Thursday into the Brevard County jail on a felony count of manslaughter of a child.
Her arrest came four days after police were called to Mount of Olives Evangelical Church in Palm Bay, which is run by Molme and her pastor husband, for reports of an unresponsive infant.
First responders learned that the baby had been left in her mother’s car for about three hours while Molme and other family members attended Sunday service at the church, ClickOrlando reported.
Detectives determined that Molme had arrived late to the service, which she was set to officiate, and told cops she believed her daughter was brought inside by a member of the congregation.