Galesburg mother charged after three young children found in the middle of busy intersection

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Galesburg Police during the early afternoon on Tuesday, May 11th, responded to Steele School on West Main Street for a well-being check after reports came in of three female juveniles were seen in the intersection of Main and McClure Streets. The three females were aged 2, 4, and 5 years old. They were not wearing shoes and were still in their pajamas. A custodian saw the children and brought them inside the school. Police made contact with the girls’ mother: 40-year old Jamie Howard who told GPD she was asleep and the girls were being watched by their father, but must have followed him out the door when he left for work. According to police reports, officers informed Howard this was the second incident involving her children being unsupervised in three days. Howard was charged with Endangering the Life of a Child and the Department of Children and Family Services was contacted to hold an investigation.

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