Couple charged with leaving children home alone

PINEVILLE, La. (AP) - Police say a couple faces charges after they reportedly left their three children home alone.

Arrested were 28-year-old Tiffany Jeannette Hayes and 31-year-old William Joseph McCain, both of Pineville, who were booked with child desertion. Hayes also faces a charge with assault.

According to the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office, someone alerted deputies that the children were home alone. When deputies arrived at the home around 10:30 p.m. Saturday they discovered three children -- all under 10 -- home alone.

The two came home about 10 minutes later and told deputies that they'd just gone to the store.

Deputies say the children were turned over to a relative.

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Information from: Alexandria Daily Town Talk,

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