Marcus J. Montgomery, Lake Charles, is charged with four counts of child desertion. He left three children, under age four, home alone for over an hour.
An Amite, La. woman is behind bars and charged with child desertion after leaving her 8-month-old unattended on a second-floor balcony of a Lake Charles motel.
Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's deputies were called to a casino in Westlake on Sunday, August 5 at about 4:00pm due to a report of two unattended children in a car.