PITTSBURGH — A 5-year-old girl was found wandering in Pittsburgh’s Beechview neighborhood Sunday.
The girl was found with no shoes on along Broadway Avenue at about 6:23 p.m.
According to sources, a 911 caller claimed the girl knocked on her door, and when she opened it, the girl just walked inside.
It’s not clear how long the child was outside.
Around 8:30 p.m., police found the child’s mother, identified as Autumn Tierney, sleeping at her home on Broadway Avenue, sources say.
11 Investigates learned that she allegedly told police that she’d just worked a double shift and wasn’t aware that the child had left.
Police arrested Tierney and took her to the Allegheny County Jail.
According to the criminal complaint, a detective told officers it wasn’t the first time something had happened like this with the child.
Police said Tierny has been arrested twice before for endangering the welfare of a child.
The child was taken to the Zone 6 police station. Medics later took her to UPMC Children’s Hospital for evaluation. We’re told the Office of Children, Youth and Families has been called.
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