The arrest followed an investigation by the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, where officers discovered a child left alone for ...

Deputies arrested Jessica Copeland after finding her home was covered in ‘four inches of feces’ and the pets ‘being starved ...

Investigators said Jessica Copeland left a child alone for two weeks, along with several emaciated animals living in poor ...

Images from inside the home of Jessica Copeland show severely emaciated dogs, empty water bowls and rooms covered in feces.

A Florida mother was arrested upon returning home from her two-week vacation to Las Vegas after deputies learned she left a ...

The 37-year-old woman, Jessica Copeland, was arrested earlier this week for child neglect and animal abuse. A woman has been ...

A Palatka mother was arrested early Tuesday morning after deputies learned that she had left her child home alone with seven ...

A Palatka mother returned from a Las Vegas birthday trip to find deputies waiting. Now, she's spending her next vacation behind bars.

PALATKA, Fla. (WCJB) - A Putnam County mother is in jail for leaving her child at home as she vacationed in Las Vegas.

Mothers are super human beings. They are meant to protect, nurture, and be there for their children. But in a small Florida town, authorities say one mother chose something else entirely. She went for ...