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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/florida-mom-accused-leaving-kids-car-caught-fire-was-allegedly-shoplif-rcna87572Florida mom accused of leaving kids in car that caught fire while she was allegedly shoplifting
Police arrested Alicia Moore, 24, of Orlando after her kids were discovered in a car that caught fire while she was allegedly shoplifting inside the Oviedo Mall. One child suffered first-degree burns, according to the arrest report.
June 3, 2023, 2:13 PM EDT
By Julianne McShane
A Florida woman is facing two felony charges after allegedly leaving her two children in a car that caught fire while she was allegedly shoplifting, leaving one child with first-degree burns, court records show.
Police arrested Alicia Moore, 24, of Orlando on charges of aggravated child neglect and arson after flames engulfed her car, trapping her children inside, while she was allegedly shoplifting inside the Oviedo Mall on May 26, according to the arrest report obtained by NBC News.
Moore allegedly left her kids inside the 2016 Lincoln around noon that day, while she and an "unknown male" allegedly headed inside Dillard's department store and spent about an hour shoplifting, according to the arrest report. When she was leaving the store, she saw her car "engulfed in flames" and "dropped the stolen merchandise" and fled the store, the report states.
The car was "completely totaled" by the flames, the report states. One child tried to escape the car, and bystanders ultimately helped rescue them before they were rushed to Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital. One child suffered "several first degree burns," including on her face and ears, according to the arrest report. The children's ages are unknown.
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Police arrested Alicia Moore, 24, of Orlando after her kids were discovered in a car that caught fire while she was allegedly shoplifting inside the Oviedo Mall. One child suffered first-degree burns, according to the arrest report.
June 3, 2023, 2:13 PM EDT
By Julianne McShane
A Florida woman is facing two felony charges after allegedly leaving her two children in a car that caught fire while she was allegedly shoplifting, leaving one child with first-degree burns, court records show.
Police arrested Alicia Moore, 24, of Orlando on charges of aggravated child neglect and arson after flames engulfed her car, trapping her children inside, while she was allegedly shoplifting inside the Oviedo Mall on May 26, according to the arrest report obtained by NBC News.
Moore allegedly left her kids inside the 2016 Lincoln around noon that day, while she and an "unknown male" allegedly headed inside Dillard's department store and spent about an hour shoplifting, according to the arrest report. When she was leaving the store, she saw her car "engulfed in flames" and "dropped the stolen merchandise" and fled the store, the report states.
The car was "completely totaled" by the flames, the report states. One child tried to escape the car, and bystanders ultimately helped rescue them before they were rushed to Arnold Palmer Children's Hospital. One child suffered "several first degree burns," including on her face and ears, according to the arrest report. The children's ages are unknown.
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Florida mom accused of leaving kids in car that caught fire while she was allegedly shoplifting (Original Post)
sl8
Jun 2023
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The arson charge seems strange, even with this explanation in the cited article:
70sEraVet
Jun 2023
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jimfields33
(18,904 posts)1. What scum in our country. Poor kids.
Hopefully the mom doesnt see them ever again. Such neglect.
70sEraVet
(4,145 posts)2. The arson charge seems strange, even with this explanation in the cited article:
The arrest report states while the cause of the fire is unknown, Moore's neglect contributed to the children's injuries and "the fire occurred during the commission of a felony by Moore," hence the charges she is facing.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/florida-mom-accused-leaving-kids-car-caught-fire-was-allegedly-shoplif-rcna87572
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/florida-mom-accused-leaving-kids-car-caught-fire-was-allegedly-shoplif-rcna87572
LoisB
(8,675 posts)3. Yeah, I don't understand the arson charge either. Do they think SHE set the fire? I don't
understand the connection between the felony and the fire. I hope her children come out of this into a better life.