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• Lakesha Woods Williams, 29, was arrested on a felony child abandonment count in Houston after leaving her 8- and 6-year-old children home alone while she went on a cruise, The Smoking Gun reported.
Neighbors saw her leaving her luxury apartment with "luggage and bags" and didn't see her return. When police were summoned, they found the two children in the apartment, which was "in complete disarray and had trash and leftover food all over the unit."
The kids said their mom was on a cruise and they didn't know when she would be back.
Officers found a webcam that Williams was using to "watch and talk to the children."
When she appeared in court, the judge noted that witnesses had said it was "not the first time something like this has occurred."
The kids are with their aunt while Williams is held in jail. [The Smoking Gun, 4/17/2024]