CONWAY, SC (WBTW) – The mother of a child found by Conway police is now in custody and has been charged with neglect.
Samantha Lynn Shaver, 28, has been charged with unlawful neglect of a child or helpless person by legal custodian. Bond was set at $20,000. She faces an additional charge of possession, conceal, sell or dispose of stolen vehicle with a value of $5,000 or more. Bond has been set at $5,000. She remains at J. Reuben Long.
A man police say the child’s mother was with is also in custody on unrelated charges, according to Conway Police Chief Dale Long.
The child is with the Department of Social Services, Chief Long also said.
The 5-year-old child was left with a landscaper, according to an incident report.
Around 5:20 p.m. on Thursday, police arrived in the 1900 block of Kenneth Street to meet with a person hired to do landscaping on a property, the report from the Conway Police Department said. The landscaper told police that around 5 p.m., a man and a woman had come to the residence with a child and that the couple said they were going somewhere where the child couldn’t come. The landscaper also told police the couple left the child before fleeing on foot.
The mother of a 5-year-old boy found by Conway police has been located, according to Taylor Newell, with the City of Conway.
News13 previously reported that Conway police were looking for family members of the child.
Police said the child goes by the name of “CJ”.
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