{"id":173997,"date":"2026-02-21T06:17:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T06:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/173997\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T06:17:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T06:17:26","slug":"mother-released-on-bond-after-arrest-for-telling-child-to-walk-to-school-19-miles-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/173997\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother released on bond after arrest for telling child to walk to school 19 miles away"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas \u2013 A woman was released from jail after she allegedly told her daughter to walk to an elementary school<\/a> 19 miles away.<\/p>\n

Lucia Victoria Marie Cruz, 35, posted bond Thursday morning, less than 24 hours after she was arrested on a charge of child endangerment.<\/p>\n

Cruz told her daughter, who is younger than 12 years old, to walk to school on her own Wednesday, according to a Bexar County Sheriff\u2019s Office report.<\/p>\n

The girl attends Carnahan Elementary, which is about 19 miles from their home on Orpheus Way near Highway 211.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s just crazy,\u201d said James Nuells, who lives in the same neighborhood as Cruz.<\/p>\n

Nuells, who has young children of his own, says he\u2019d never dream of allowing them to travel alone like that. <\/p>\n

\u201cMy wife would kill me,\u201d he said. \u201cMy kids barely even walk down the street to take the bus, and I walk with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The girl was found walking alone on State Highway 211, according to a Northside Independent School District Police Department dispatcher. She had walked about a mile from her home when someone found her.<\/p>\n

She told deputies Cruz was passed out after drinking an entire bottle of wine Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

When the girl attempted to wake her up, the report states Cruz refused to take her to school, telling her to go on her own before going back to sleep.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s super congested with all the traffic and stuff like that,\u201d Nuells said. \u201cSo having a little girl like that walk down 211 don\u2019t make no sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

KSAT 12 News attempted to reach Cruz at her home Friday morning, but no one answered.<\/p>\n

The witness who noticed the girl picked her up and drove her to school, telling school officers what happened once they arrived.<\/p>\n

Deputies arrested Cruz at her home Wednesday morning. The girl was placed with another relative, following the arrest.<\/p>\n

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