Teen Mom Arrested for Abandoning Baby in ‘Unsanitary Conditions’ to Meet Friends at Maryland McDonald’s

A teen mother in Maryland has been arrested and charged after allegedly ditching her baby to meet friends at McDonald’s.

The Aberdeen Police Department posted a mugshot of the 19-year-old woman, Kira Faust, who was arrested as part of a child neglect investigation. Police responded to the home on May 18 after receiving word that a 6-month-old baby had been left alone. Indeed, the baby was not only alone but in what the department described as “unsafe and unsanitary living conditions.”

“With assistance from the Bel Air Police Department, officers located Faust, who stated she had left the child home alone while she went to meet friends at a McDonald’s in Bel Air,” the department wrote, revealing that Aberdeen Police took temporary custody of the baby.

“UM Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Aberdeen provided officers with essential baby supplies while Child Protective Services worked to secure a safe placement for