(Trends Wide) — A Florida woman has been arrested and charged after her car caught fire with her children inside while shoplifting inside a shopping mall in Oviedo, police said.
The woman, identified as 24-year-old Alicia Moore, parked in the Dillard’s parking lot around noon on May 26, leaving two children in the car, according to the arrest report issued by the Oviedo Police Department.
Moore entered the store where loss prevention staff watched her and an unknown man steal items for about an hour, according to the report. Moore was leaving the store when she saw her car engulfed in flames, dropped the stolen merchandise and ran out of the store, police said.
The shoppers witnessed the fire and helped rescue the children from the flames, according to the report. The two children were transported to Arnold Palmer Children’s Hospital and one child suffered first-degree burns “to his face and ears,” according to the report.
The car after the fire was extinguished. Oviedo Police Department
Moore was interviewed and requested a lawyer. She was arrested by the Orlando Police Department “on outstanding warrants in other counties” unrelated to the incident, according to the report. While in custody at the Orange County Jail, Moore was charged with aggravated child neglect and arson, according to the report.
“It has not been determined what caused the fire, however, had Moore not been negligent, it is unlikely that [el niño] I would have been injured,” police said.
Moore also faced four additional counts of petty theft, battery and assault from previous incidents and is being held on $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.
Trends Wide has reached out to Moore’s public defender for comment.
(Trends Wide) — A Florida woman has been arrested and charged after her car caught fire with her children inside while shoplifting inside a shopping mall in Oviedo, police said.
The woman, identified as 24-year-old Alicia Moore, parked in the Dillard’s parking lot around noon on May 26, leaving two children in the car, according to the arrest report issued by the Oviedo Police Department.
Moore entered the store where loss prevention staff watched her and an unknown man steal items for about an hour, according to the report. Moore was leaving the store when she saw her car engulfed in flames, dropped the stolen merchandise and ran out of the store, police said.
The shoppers witnessed the fire and helped rescue the children from the flames, according to the report. The two children were transported to Arnold Palmer Children’s Hospital and one child suffered first-degree burns “to his face and ears,” according to the report.
The car after the fire was extinguished. Oviedo Police Department
Moore was interviewed and requested a lawyer. She was arrested by the Orlando Police Department “on outstanding warrants in other counties” unrelated to the incident, according to the report. While in custody at the Orange County Jail, Moore was charged with aggravated child neglect and arson, according to the report.
“It has not been determined what caused the fire, however, had Moore not been negligent, it is unlikely that [el niño] I would have been injured,” police said.
Moore also faced four additional counts of petty theft, battery and assault from previous incidents and is being held on $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.
Trends Wide has reached out to Moore’s public defender for comment.
