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A 5-year-old<\/a> inadvertently got his mom arrested after he woke up alone in the middle of the night and called grandma for help, according to police in North Carolina.<\/p>\n

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It happened Sunday in Kinston, and police got involved after the boy\u2019s 26-year-old mother returned home at 9 a.m. and discovered he was missing, the Kinston Police Department reported in a June 8 Facebook post.<\/p>\n

\u201cUpon arrival, officers made contact with (the mother), who advised that she had left the residence without the child and without arranging for a caretaker. … When she returned to the residence, the child was no longer there,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the investigation, officers learned that at approximately 3:42 a.m., the child contacted his grandmother and advised that he was alone. The grandmother responded to the residence, located the child unattended, and took custody of him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The boy\u2019s mother was arrested and charged with misdemeanor child abuse, exposing children to fire, and contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile, police said. \u201cA referral was also made to the Department of Social Services,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n

Investigators say the boy was left alone for hours and was at \u201csubstantial risk of physical injury,\u201d court documents report.<\/p>\n

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Kinston is about an 80-mile drive southeast from downtown Raleigh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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