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Details: On Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at 11:15 PM, CPD officers were dispatched to a residence in the 1400 block of Ottawa Avenue to attempt to make contact with a female subject regarding a harassment report. As officers arrived at the residence, a female subject drove up in a white sedan pulling into the front driveway of a residence.

Officers made contact with the female, who was identified as Francine Toralez, who stated she had just left her ex-boyfriend’s residence to pick up some property. Officers noticed Toralez was displaying signs of intoxication and asked her to perform some field sobriety tests. After performing the tests, officers determined Toralez was driving while under the influence of alcohol and arrested her for the offense. Officers also discovered Toralez was driving without a valid license.

After being placed under arrest, Toralez advised officers she had left her four small children inside her residence alone while she had driven to her ex-boyfriend’s residence. A check of Toralez’s residence was conducted and her four children, ranging in age from 3 months to 5 years old, were found alone and asleep inside the residence. A relative was contacted who was able to take temporary custody of her children.

Child Protective Services was notified regarding Toralez’s arrest and her children being found unattended inside the home. Toralez was charged with felony child endangerment, driving while under the influence of alcohol and unlicensed driver. Toralez was later booked into the Kings County Jail and her bail is set at $65,000.00.