A 34-year-old mother was arrested after police said she chained her 13-year-old daughter to a fence outside a home in Hialeah.<\/p>\n
Video recorded from across the street shows neighbors walking toward the girl after she was found chained to the fence.<\/p>\n
One neighbor described the situation as appalling and said it should never be done to a child. Another neighbor said it was sad and painful and should never happen.<\/p>\n
Hialeah Police arrested the teenager\u2019s mother, identified as Yashira Maldonado.<\/p>\n
Police said video shows Maldonado pulling up to the home of her daughter\u2019s godmother before wrapping a metal chain around her daughter\u2019s waist. Investigators said she then tied the other end of the chain to the home\u2019s fence, restricting the girl from moving.<\/p>\n
According to the arrest form, Maldonado left her daughter with a clear bookbag, some clothing and medication.<\/p>\n
Police said the girl was outside with no cover from the sun and no food or water.<\/p>\n
Investigators said Maldonado admitted chaining her daughter to the fence and told police she knew it looked bad and was wrong.<\/p>\n
Police said Maldonado claimed she chained her daughter for her safety. Investigators also said she admitted turning off her phone notifications after leaving.<\/p>\n
Police accused Maldonado of intentionally ignoring her phone before going home, lying in bed and watching television.<\/p>\n
A police spokesperson said Maldonado could face up to 10 years in prison for the decision she made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 34-year-old mother was arrested after police said she chained her 13-year-old daughter to a fence outside a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-339273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}