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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Woman charged with endangerment

An Iowa City woman allegedly left her 4-month-old baby alone while she went to a bar.

Arlene Green, 23, 240 Highway 6 E. No. 4001, was charged with child endangerment.

According to reports, police were called to an apartment, where the resident said he found Green’s baby after being gone all day. He told police he tried to call Green, but she didn’t answer her phone.

Green later arrived at the apaprtment and denied leaving the baby and that the baby was with her.

The cab driver who drove Green said she didn’t have a baby with her.

Green had a wristband from a bar downtown and had a blood alcohol content of .264. The legal limit is .08.

Green is in custody at the Johnson County Jail with a $3,000 cash-only bond.

— by Marleen Linares

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