A woman is facing several criminal charges after she left her two children in a car that caught fire while she was carrying out a robbery, in an incident that sparked controversy in the US state of Florida, according to the website. abc.

According to police reports, Alicia Moore, who is from Orlando, Florida, left her two children inside a car in a parking lot of a shopping center at midday on May 26, according to her arrest record, and the report indicated that she went with an “unknown man” to a department store, and they spent about an hour in A robbery while her car caught fire outside.

The report stated that “when she saw her car on fire, she dropped the stolen goods and fled from the store“But fortunately, the two children survived with the help of some passers-by who pulled them out of the car, and one of them suffered first-degree burns, according to the report, which did not indicate the age of the two young ones..

Moore is now facing charges of “severe neglect of children”, in addition to charges related to theft, assault and battery of a person over the age of 65, and the car fire is not yet known, but the arrest report mentioned the charge of “arson”, indicating that Moore’s negligence contributed Injuring the two children, as “the fire occurred while Moore was committing a felony.”

The mother’s bail was set at $20,000, and she is scheduled to appear in court on June 27, after pleading her innocence.