Mom Leaves Infant Twins Alone in Car for 10 Minutes: Cops

Sarah Laveille, 28 | Alsip Police Department

ALSIP, Ill. -- An Alsip woman was arrested after she left her infant twins alone in a car while she went to register her older child for school, prosecutors said.

Sarah Laveille, 28, appeared before Cook County Judge Peter Felice on two misdemeanor counts of child endangerment.

The prosecutor said that around 8:50 a.m. Monday, Alsip police were called to Prairie Junior High School, 11910 S. Kostner Ave., for a report of two babies left alone in a car. One of the babies was crying.

According to Alsip police, a citizen heard a baby crying and when she went to investigate, she saw the two babies in the back seat of a Ford Taurus.

A woman, later identified as Laveille, returned to the vehicle with a third child. Police said that Laveille left the vehicle with the windows rolled down.

The babies, 8-month-old twins, had been left alone in the car for about 10 minutes, the prosecutor said.

The assistant public defender told the judge that Laveille was registering her older child for school. The car with the babies was within Laveille’s sight at all times.

“I don’t know how in your right mind you could leave two infants in a car, not saying that you’re guilty,” Felice said.

Felice released LaVeille on a $25,000 I-bond and electronic home monitoring.

“I’m releasing you on your own recognizance,” the judge said. “You better not be doing anything foolish with these kids.”

Police said the babies were not injured.

LaVeille has another court hearing in Bridgeview later this month.