Crime log: Carson City mother keeps kids out of school, is arrested
Carson City Sheriff's deputies arrested a 32-year-old woman at around noon Thursday for five instances of failure to prevent truance, five instances of interfering with pupil attendence at school, and five instances of attendence in public school requirement failures.
A school resource officer was contact by the principal of a local elementary school, who notified him of four children who had been missing from school since the beginning of November, coupled with several reports from a neighbor about children playing outside when they should be attending school.
Officers arrived at the address a man answered the door with a 12-year-old boy at his side. A search of the premesis revealed the mother and four additional children - one of whom used to attend Eagle Valley Middle School - hiding in a closet. The woman claimed to be hiding from her ex-husband, who left work to come pick up the children. He claimed he had been giving the mother money every month for food, clothing and rent. Deputies found the children in what was described as a state of general neglect.
Bail is set at $7,500.
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