Mother left son with transients to celebrate New Year, deputies say
A San Bernardino mother was arrested after authorities said she left her 10-year-old son with two transients so she could party on New Year’s Eve.
Summer Collras, 36, called law enforcement Wednesday morning, saying she had returned home that morning and found that her son and the two people -- friends of hers who were supposed to watch him -- weren’t there, according to a statement from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.
The boy had last been seen about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The Sheriff’s Department deployed bloodhounds and a helicopter to search for him. Finally, about 14 hours after he’d gone missing, he was found by deputies in good health.
He had stayed the night with a friend, he told them, and was walking home.
Collras was booked on suspicion of child endangerment; investigators said she provided almost no supervision over the boy, who was turned over to the Department of Children and Family Services after he was found.
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