A Florida woman has found herself behind bars after after her car caught fire with her unattended children inside while she shoplifted inside a mall in Oviedo, police said.
Alicia Moore, 24, allegedly went to Dillards on May 26th and parked her car in the parking lot and left her two children in the car, according to the arrest report issued by the Oviedo Police Department. Moore then went inside the store was seen shoplifting with a man, who has not been identified yet. Police said Moore was walking out of the store when she noticed her car was in flames so she dropped the stolen items and ran out of the store.
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Shoppers witnessed the fire and helped rescue the children from the flames, the report said. The two children were transported to Arnold Palmer Children’s Hospital and one child suffered first-degree burns “to her face and ears,” according to the report.
Moore was interviewed and requested an attorney. She was arrested by the neighboring Orlando Police Department “for outstanding warrants in other counties,” unrelated to the incident, the report said. While in custody at the Orange County Jail, Moore was charged with aggravated child neglect and arson, according to the report.
“It is undetermined what ignited the fire, however, if Moore was not being neglectful, it is unlikely [the child] would have been injured,” police said.
Moore also faced four additional charges of petty theft, battery, and assault from previous incidents and is being held on a $48,000 bond, according to jail records.
Moore was arraigned Friday and pleaded not guilty to both charges related to the incident with her children, Seminole County court records show.