Mom charged with leaving toddler at bus stop in court Tuesday

By Christopher Seward and Fran Jeffries

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

An Atlanta woman remained in jail Monday after being arrested Saturday because police said she abandoned her 3-year-old daughter at a bus stop on Bouldercrest Drive.

Channel 2 Action News, WSB Rochelle Payton charged with leaving her dauther, 3, at a bus stop on Bouldercrest Road in DeKalb.

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Rochelle Payton, 41, is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday on a cruelty to children charge after a witness said she left the child at the stop and ran away, Channel 2 Action News reported.

Police said Payton returned to the scene but fled again when she was approached by an officer. The officer later found her at her home. No reason was given why she fled or left the child behind.

Payton was taken to DeKalb County Jail and the child, who was unharmed, was released to the state Division of Family and Children Services.

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