SAN ANTONIO \u2013 A now-former Southwest ISD police officer was taken into custody Sunday after allegedly leaving a child alone for several hours on the Southeast Side, according to the preliminary report.<\/p>\n
San Antonio police responded at 3:45 a.m. in the 8200 block of Inner Circle Drive after someone reported a child crying in a hallway, the preliminary report said.<\/p>\n
Officers found a 5-year-old boy who claimed he had been left alone for an unknown amount of time, SAPD said. Police said the child was not injured.<\/p>\n
Several hours later, the suspect returned to the location and was arrested by SAPD. The preliminary report identified the suspect as Melanie Miriam Gonzales, 23.<\/p>\n
Gonzales was charged with abandoning or endangering a child without intent to return, a state jail felony, Bexar County court records indicate. <\/p>\n
She was booked into the Bexar County Adult Detention Center Monday and posted her $10,000 bond to be released the same day, records show.<\/p>\n
KSAT was made aware of her employment at Southwest Independent School District and reached out to confirm.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can confirm that she was employed as a School Resource Officer with the Southwest ISD Police Department for approximately two years,\u201d a spokesperson for the district said in an email. <\/p>\n
The spokesperson said Gonzales resigned after she was arrested.<\/p>\n
The district said the arrest did not happen on campus property or involve a Southwest ISD student.<\/p>\n
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