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Child Neglect Charge

A Church Hill woman is arrested and charged with child neglect after her 4-year-old child was found wearing only a diaper in the roadway wandering around and not knowing how to get home.According to a report from the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to New Canton Road on Friday, July 23 about an unattended child on the road.A driver told deputies she saw the small child walking on the road near Hoskins Road with only a diaper on. The driver reportedly stopped, picked up the child and called 911.

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