Norwalk deputies responding to a false home-invasion call wound up arresting a mother who was allegedly under the influence of drugs and alcohol while caring for her infant child, according to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department.
Police received a 911 call from the woman about 6 a.m. about a possible break-in, but it was clear when they arrived that no such burglary had taken place, according to Lt. D. Dail, with the Norwalk Station.
Instead, deputies found that the caller — a drug-addled mother with an infant in her care — was admittedly intoxicated and under the influence of methamphetamine, Dail said.
“This person was high on narcotics,” he said. “If for some reason a child is in some type of danger, we have the right to take it into protective custody.”
The woman, in her mid-30s, was arrested, Dail said.
Her infant, bundled in a pink blanket, was cared for by deputies at the Norwalk Station until Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services social workers arrived to assume custody.