Police: Mother charged after child seen trying to hang on power lines
By Raquel Ciampi
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BLAIRSVILLE, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — A mother has been arrested after a child was found trying to hang on power lines in Indiana County.
Authorities were called to the 200 block of North Walnut Street after getting reports of a child who was on top of a roof, trying to hang on to powerlines.
By the time officers got to the home, the child was no longer on top of the roof. Officials say they did notice the drop from the roof to the ground was around 20 feet.
Because of the high winds, officials say the child could have been at greater risk of potentially falling.
Police later discovered two children were alone in the home during this time. One of those children was said to have been diagnosed with autism.
Officials say both children were locked inside the home with no way of getting out and no way of calling 911 in an emergency.
The mother of the children, Amanda Rivera, 38, has since been charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of children.
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