News

Actions

2 mothers arrested for neglect after drownings

Posted

LAND O' LAKES, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say two Tampa Bay area toddlers died in separate drowning incidents and two mothers were arrested on charges of child neglect.

The Tampa Bay Times reports (http://bit.ly/223Ocf1 ) that both 2-year-old boys were neglected and allowed to wander away from their homes last month.

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office says 27-year-old Roxann Potts was arrested for the April 27 death of her son, Clayton Foskey, who got out through an unlocked door and drowned in a pond about 150 yards from the house.

In a separate incident, 26-year-old Selina Ann Warner was arrested after her son Justice Ray climbed out of his crib April 20 and ended up in a pond next door.

The sheriff's office says neighbors in both cases reported that the boys were previously found wandering alone.

(Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)