{"id":240170,"date":"2020-03-23T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/240170\/concerned-community-member-brings-baby-to-police-mother-arrested\/"},"modified":"2020-03-23T10:41:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T08:41:01","slug":"concerned-community-member-brings-baby-to-police-mother-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2020\/03\/23\/concerned-community-member-brings-baby-to-police-mother-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerned community member brings baby to police, mother arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A concerned community member recently brought a baby to the Primrose Police Station.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told officers in the station\u2019s charge office that he had found the baby, believed to be about a year old, at around 1pm that afternoon,\u201d said Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHowever, when he could not find the mother by 6pm, he brought the child to the police.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/212953\/warning-tips-not-traffic-light-robbery-victim-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Warning \u2013 Tips on how not to be a traffic light robbery victim<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>One of the officers recognised the child as the mother had reportedly been to the station earlier that day to open a domestic violence case.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cOfficers visited the address the 22-year-old woman had given them when opening her case,\u201d said Maome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, they found no one at home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice were able to trace the woman to a local tavern, which she was at with her four-year-old child.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen questioned by police she allegedly did not know where her child was.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/230726\/primrose-detective-celebrates-conviction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Primrose detective celebrates conviction<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>She was arrested on a charge of child neglect and her children were placed in a place of safety.<\/p>\n<p>She has since appeared in the Germiston Magistrate\u2019s Court, where she was warned to appear in court on a future date.<\/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 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