A Wake County mother was charged with leaving her two young children on a Cary, North Carolina road and speeding away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jennifer Westfall, 38, is accused of dropping her nine-year-old and 19-month old off on the side of Reedy Creek Road on October 2. The children are fine and in foster care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jennifer says she just could not take being a single parent anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n“I know what I did was wrong, but I just, I was so tired of doing this by myself. I have the strength to do what I need to do, but I don’t have the skills to make the income that I need to take care of my family, and nobody will hire me.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
She said she thought that was a legal way to abandon her children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In North Carolina, only days old infants can be left with another adult in order to be considered legal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Child Protective Services and Cary Police investigated and decided to charge the mother with two counts of misdemeanor child abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Westfall was arrested at her Fuquay-Varina home and later released from jail. She is due back in court next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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