3 children found alone inside NJ home after ICE tries to serve warrant
Three unsupervised children were found inside a New Jersey home by authorities trying to serve an immigration warrant on Wednesday, authorities said.
Posted — UpdatedThe U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and police arrived at an apartment in the 100 block of Main Street in Hackettstown to serve an ICE warrant on Luis Froilan Ortega-Calle, 30.
When agents knocked, a 6-year-old girl answered the door. Officers said the apartment appeared to be disheveled and unclean.
They determined the child was left home alone with her 9-month-old and 3-year-old sisters, police said.
Officers standing outside the apartment saw Ortega-Calle and Josselyn Eneida DeLeon-Garcia turn the corner from an alleyway.
When they saw the officers, the pair ran back to the alleyway but were caught by police, officials said.
Investigators said Ortega-Calle and DeLeon-Garcia left the three children without care or supervision for hours while they went to work. The children were alone from about 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday until about 8:30 a.m. the following day, officials said.
Both adults face three counts of second-degree child neglect and Ortega-Calle was taken into ICE custody.
The Division of Child Protection and Permanency took custody of the children.
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