Mom leaves kids, ages 2 and 4, alone to 'go smoke': Cops
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Morgan Chapman

Morgan Chapman (Pike County Detention Center).

A Kentucky woman is facing charges after she allegedly left her children, ages 2 and 4, alone so she could “go smoke” marijuana.

Morgan Chapman, 23, stands accused of two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. According to a complaint obtained by Law&Crime, Pikeville police responded around 9 p.m. to a domestic dispute call at an apartment on Northgate Drive. Cops went to the apartment and two “very young children” opened the door, per the complaint.

Officers conducted a protective sweep of the apartment and realized the kids were home alone, the complaint said. Cops spoke with neighbors who said they did not know where the mother was. A woman who lives across the hall said Chapman asked her to watch the children at around 5 p.m. — roughly four hours earlier — so she could “go smoke” and did not want the kids around, the affidavit said.

“Go smoke is a common street term for smoking marijuana,” cops wrote.

As police investigated, Chapman showed up. The investigating officer noted he could smell alcohol on her breath and she had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech. Chapman allegedly claimed she only was downstairs at a neighbor”s house “for a couple minutes.”

Police arrested Chapman and took her to the Pike County Detention Center where she has since bonded out. She posed and smiled for her mug shot. The children were taken to the police station. The Kentucky Division of Protection and Permanency was notified of the situation.

Pikeville is located in far eastern Kentucky, some 150 miles southeast of Lexington.

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