Police: Mother abandoned five kids to drive boyfriend across state

PITCAIRN, Pa. — Police are searching for a mother accused of abandoning her children to help her fugitive boyfriend. Now a warrant is out for her arrest.

Pitcairn police say Tiffany Jackson left her children, including a 9-month old, alone so she could help her boyfriend outrun the law.

Investigators say it's not the first time she's left her kids to fend for themselves.

Jackson’s children range in age from 9 months to 16 years old.

But Wednesday night, inside her Pitcairn home, her 16-year-old called a relative saying they were all alone.

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According to a copy of the warrant Channel 11 obtained, Jackson texted her 16-year-old saying she wouldn't be home and the teen “will have to take care of the family.”

The teen told police Jackson took her boyfriend to Philadelphia because he has warrants out for his arrest.

Police say they've been to her house looking for him several times and even have Jackson on their body cameras acknowledging the warrants.

Channel 11 also learned it's not the first time she's been accused of doing this.

She was charged in a similar incident in 2011 in Irwin, Westmoreland County.

She was accused of leaving her then three kids alone for two days.

Her oldest, then just 9 years old, walked to a laundromat for help.

Channel 11 called the number police have for Jackson Thursday night. The woman who answered knew we were recording and claimed she wasn't Jackson, but wanted details about the warrant out for Jackson's arrest.

The warrants out for Jackson’s boyfriend, Raheem Harvey, are also from Pitcairn police and are for simple assault and disorderly conduct.

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