Crime & Safety

Police: Mom Trapped Kids, Took Meth

A woman who lives south of Marietta is being held without bond after a reported armed confrontation with police.

A Marietta-area woman is being held without bond in the after police say she locked her four children in a room for three days while she went on a meth bender.

Yolanda Mendez, 35, was arrested Thursday night at her apartment south of the city limits when checked on the family after her children, ages 16, 13, 9 and 3, did not show up for school for three days, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

Mendez threatened officers with two kitchen knives but was taken into custody without hurting anyone, the AJC said, citing police spokesman Sgt. Dana Pierce.

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According to records, she is charged with four misdemeanor counts of contributing to the deprivation of a minor and two felonies: aggravated assault and possession of a weapon during a crime.

She also has an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer against her and is being held without bond.

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You can find Mendez’s booking report using her ID number, 000913364, in an inmate search at the Sheriff’s Office website.

The children are staying with a relative, the AJC reported.


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