A Whitfield County mother has been charged after leaving her three children home alone while she worked and telling police she left them with a baby sitter, authorities said.
Codie Ballew Ball, 23, was charged with three counts of cruelty to children, three counts of abandonment of children and giving false statements, according to a police incident report.
She posted a $3,000 bond Tuesday and was released from jail, according to a jail employee.
But Whitfield County Sheriff’s spokesman Capt. Rick Swiney referred calls about where the children were placed to the Department of Human Services, which didn’t return calls seeking comment on Wednesday.
An automatic recorded message said the Balls’ home number was “unreachable.”