Three young kids were found alone and unsupervised outside a casino for hours earlier this week, resulting in charges for two moms, as reported by Durham Regional Police.
Durham Regional Police shared that they were alerted about the incident. Pickering Casino on Durham Live Avenue at around 7:45 p.m. on Monday for a wellbeing check.
Casino security found three kids, aged two, nine, and 10, alone and unsupervised, according to police.
Authorities stated, “The children had been left in a vehicle parked in the casino lot and were found by security playing on the roadway near Church Street.”
The oldest child told police that their mother left them alone to go to the casino.
“The child also said that they were given a cellphone, but the phone had since died,” police added.
After reviewing security footage, it was discovered that the children had been alone for over four hours, the police mentioned.
Their parents were found and charged under the Child Youth and Family Services Act.
A 39-year-old woman from Aurora, who is the mother of the 10-year-old and nine-year-old, and a 41-year-old woman from Markham, who is the mother of the two-year-old, were charged with leaving a child unattended, according to police.
The Children’s Aid Society was also informed and has now launched an investigation.
