Florida cops reveal exactly what happened before mom was arrested for leaving 4 kids for Las Vegas trip
The four kids allegedly left by their photographer mom during her Las Vegas trip were left unsupervised for about 16 hours per day – while their babysitter lived two hours, Florida cops revealed Wednesday. Irene Miller, 50, is facing four counts of child endangerment – and a combined maximum sentence of 20 years behind bars – after Osceola County authorities say she left her children, 9, 11, 12 and 14 alone at their Kissimmee condo while traveling to Sin City on a five-day work trip starting Oct.18. Outside of school hours, the children’s only adult contact came from a babysitter hired by Miller who arrived at 8 a.m.
to drop them off at school and left at 4 p.m.after they were home, Capt.
Kim Montes from the Osceola Sheriff’s Office told The Post. The caretaker also was not nearby in case of an emergency, she lives two hours away near Tampa, according to authorities.Cops found that while the condo was well maintained and not messy, there was relatively little food in the fridge for the kids, Montes said.The alleged neglect was eventually uncovered after the 11-year-old girl and 12-year-old boy called 911 in a panic over their youngest sibling getting struck in the head by a dumbbell that came crashing down while he was building a fort at around 8:30 p.m.
on Oct.21.“He was building a fort with sheets and blankets and he used the dumbbell to secure a sheet on a piece of furniture, but when he pulled the sheet, it fell and hit him on his forehead,” said Montes, adding that the laceration was later glued back together at the hospital. The eldest sibling, who was outside riding his bike during the accident, only learned what had happened when first responders showed up at the house and began asking questions. “When we got there, the 14-year-old shows back up because he sees all the fire trucks, and we ask where the mom is.
They said she’s out of town,” Montes recalled. Deputies soon reached Miller on her cell phone, however, she was “very...