{"id":224709,"date":"2019-11-30T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/224709\/woman-arrested-for-alleged-child-neglect\/"},"modified":"2019-11-30T20:13:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-30T18:13:35","slug":"woman-arrested-for-alleged-child-neglect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/11\/30\/woman-arrested-for-alleged-child-neglect\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman arrested for alleged child neglect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Primrose police recently arrested a 29-year-old woman on a charge of child neglect.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was first reported to police by a community leader from the Makause informal settlement.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/224556\/old-criminal-modus-operandi-resurfaces-in-katlehong-north\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Katlehong North police warn of \u2018prophet\u2019 scam<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cHe alleged that a passerby brought an eight-month-old child, who was found crawling in the streets, to him,\u201d said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe kept the baby overnight and took her to the Primrose Police Station in the morning.\u201d<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>On the same day, the suspect came to the station and said an unknown man had taken her child away the previous night.<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/223938\/police-work-hard-to-rid-the-area-of-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Germiston police work hard to rid the area of crime<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cPolice questioned the woman, who allegedly appeared drunk, but she could not explain why the man had taken her child or why she had not reported it sooner,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n<p>She was arrested and was held at the Primrose Police Station pending her appearance in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za,<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>or Ashley Kiley (Journalist)\u00a0<strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" 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