Mom Arrested While Celebrating Dropped DCFS Case
Updated: 11/08/10 11:37 a.m.
CHICAGO (STMW) - A west suburban woman was drinking vodka to celebrate DCFS dropping an investigation against her when she was arrested Saturday afternoon after witnesses saw her carrying her 3-month-old child "as if she had a football under her armpit," police said.
About 4:30 p.m. Saturday officers were dispatched to the northbound lanes of the 5400 block of South Harlem Avenue for a well being check involving Jamie L. Riley, 27, who was intoxicated while outside with her child, a Chicago police report said.
Summit police and the Chicago Fire Department were already on the scene where Riley was seen by a witness holding the boy in an "endangering manner" and "as if she had a football under her armpit,'' while trying to pick up a stroller in an incapacitated manner, the report said.
Riley told police on the scene during an interview "I was drinking vodka earlier, celebrating with my husband because DCFS dropped their investigation,'' the report said.
Paramedics took the baby to MacNeal Hospital because he had a laceration on his nose and a Summit officer told a Chicago officer that Riley had become belligerent and wouldn't answer questions about the child's well being, according to the report.
Riley was placed into custody and taken to the Chicago Lawn District police station for processing. While officers were taking her there, she told them: "I'm going to p---kiss all over your car,'' and officers saw that she urinated on herself, according to the report.
Police said Riley, of the 2300 block of Burr Oak Avenue in North Riverside, was charged with misdemeanor endangering the health and life of a child and was cited with disorderly conduct.
DCFS spokesman Jimmie Whitelow confirmed the boy was the subject of the previous agency investigation.
Agency spokesman Kendal Marlowe said the agency is investigating the incident and have taken custody of the child. There are no other children in the home.
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