FIFE, Wash. (AP) — Police say a 3-year-old girl was left alone at in a Washington state motel room while her mother gambled at a casino.
Seattle television station KOMO reports that police were called to the Fife motel about 2 a.m. Monday when the manager found the girl wandering alone in the parking lot.
The mother and her boyfriend returned about 5:30 a.m. and said they had been at a casino and lost track of time, according to reports.
The mother was arrested for investigation of child abandonment and the boyfriend for investigation of drug offenses.
