Crying 2-year-old and 1-year-old found home alone; their mother was at a concert in Ohio, police say

AKRON, Ohio — A woman was arrested on Sunday after she allegedly left her 2-year-old and 1-year-old children home alone to attend a concert in Cleveland.

A welfare check was made to a Akron apartment Sunday afternoon when a friend of a neighbor called to report children had been left home alone.

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Summit County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the apartment and reportedly heard a child crying, according to an incident report obtained by News Center 7.

A neighbor told the deputy that the mother, Angelique Sayre regularly leaves the children by themselves.

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The apartment’s landlord was contacted and was able to get ahold of Sayre.

Sayre told Deputies she left the residence around 3:45 p.m. to attend a concert and intended to return around 9:30 p.m., according to the incident report.

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Sayre agreed to return after a deputy insisted. Deputies reportedly entered the apartment through an open window.

Once inside, deputies found a 2-year-old girl without any clothes on crying and a 1-year-old boy asleep in a pack-and-play. One deputy noted that there was very little food in the residence.

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Sayre arrived around 6:10 p.m. She admitted to leaving the children alone without adult supervision.

She was arrested for two counts of endangering children, which is a first-degree misdemeanor.

The children were released to the custody of Summit County Children Services.

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