Mom arrested after leaving 4 kids home alone for 4 days, deputies say

Irene Miller, a 50-year-old mother from Kissimmee, was arrested at Orlando International Airport after allegedly leaving her four children unsupervised for four days. The investigation began following a 911 call regarding an injured child while Miller was reportedly on a work trip in Las Vegas.

A Florida mother was arrested after returning from a work trip to Las Vegas, where deputies say she left her four children at home without overnight supervision.

Irene Miller, 50, of Kissimmee, was arrested Oct. 23 at Orlando International Airport and charged with four counts of child neglect without great bodily harm, according to the Osceola County Sheriff's Office.

The investigation began two days earlier, when deputies received a 911 call shortly after 8:30 p.m. Oct. 21 from a child reporting that her 9-year-old brother had been injured by a falling dumbbell, authorities said.

Deputies responding to the home found four children, ages 14, 12, 11 and 9, with no adults present. Fire rescue personnel took the injured boy to Celebration Hospital for treatment, according to the sheriff's office.

Mom arranged for babysitter to check on children, deputies say

When deputies contacted Miller by phone, she said she was working in Las Vegas and planned to return to Florida on Oct. 23, authorities said.

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Investigators learned Miller had left for the trip on Oct. 18. She told deputies she had arranged for a babysitter to travel from Tampa in the mornings to prepare the children for school and check on them after school.

The babysitter was not required to stay overnight, according to the sheriff's office.

The 9-year-old boy was treated and released from the hospital. The children's father was contacted and agreed to take all four children to his residence, authorities said.

Miller arrested after returning to Florida

Detectives arranged to meet Miller when her flight from Las Vegas arrived on the morning of Oct. 23. She was arrested as she exited the airplane and booked into the Orange County jail, according to the sheriff's office.

"The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office will not tolerate child neglect," Sheriff Chris Blackmon said in a statement. "These cases will be investigated, and charges will be brought against the parents who are not properly supervising or caring for their children."