HOUSTON, Texas — A Texas woman is accused of kicking her 10-year-old son out of a car for spilling food and abandoning him at a busy Houston intersection in extreme heat, KTRK reported.
Kesa Brown, 44, was arrested Saturday and charged with child endangerment, according to the Harris County Constable, Precinct 4. She was being held in lieu of a $15,000 bond, and had been out on bond from a previous case involving her son, the Houston Chronicle reported.
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The boy was found near a gas station, walking in temperatures that soared close to 100 degrees, KTRK reported.
Brown was found an hour later by authorities with the Harris County Precinct 4 office, the television station reported. She told police she had not contacted police because she was carrying an invalid Texas driver's license, according to KTRK.
Officials with Child Protective Services were contacted, and the boy was released to a guardian, the Chronicle reported.
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