Shreveport Police Dept.

Date: Jan 22, 2008

Phone: 318/673-6932 Fax: 318/673-6933

Contact: Randy Patrick, Night-Side P.I.O.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Mother charged after leaving kids at home alone

The Shreveport Police department has charged the mother who left her children home alone this weekend.

Satonia Small, DOB 2-14-1975 has been charged with cruelty to a juvenile after police learned she left her kids at home alone while she went to a club.

Sometime Saturday night after 9:00 PM Small left her two children ages 6 and 7 at home alone in their apartment, while she went out to the club. While the children were unattended a fire broke out in the apartment.

The 7 year old was able to jump out of a second story window to safety. The 6 year old was trapped in the house and was rescued by fire department personnel. She was not breathing and unresponsive, but after several minutes she was resuscitated and transported to LSU-HSC.

The girl has under gone several procedures and is currently in critical condition at LSU. Small has been arrested and booked into the city jail for the charge of Cruelty to Juveniles. Charges will be reevaluated depending on the status of her 6 year old daughter.

Information can be left with crimestoppers at 673-7373 or by logging onto the crimestoppers website at www.crimestoppersshreveportcaddo.com.

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