Mary Ann Dillion is facing child abandonment charges after she allegedly locked the two children inside the home for more than 10 hours.
Tue, May 30, 2023 8:15 PM
Houston, Texas (KTRK) – A Houston mom has been accused of leaving her 3- and 5-year-olds home for several hours without food to go gambling on Memorial Day.
Mary Ann Dillion, 38, is facing child abandonment charges after records said she locked her two young children in the house before 2 a.m. Monday so she could gamble and drink.
Court documents indicate that the children, ages 3 to 5, were unable to open the house’s exterior door and were left without food for more than 10 hours.
During Dillion’s court appearance on Tuesday, a judge said the two children were spotted crying in a window by a neighbor, who called the police.
Officers responded to the scene around 10:30 a.m. and kept the children in their patrol cars for about two hours until a family friend arrived.
Then the friend called DeLeon, who said she was out drinking and gambling and thought the children’s father was watching them, but he claimed he was at work.
DeLeon was arrested the same day, and her bail was set at $1,000 on Tuesday.
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