EDITOR'S NOTE: As of 5 p.m. Thursday, a booking photo has not been made available for Julia Brogdon. Her mugshot will be added to the article once it is released.

MUNCIE, Ind. — Police say two Muncie parents were asleep in bed while their two young children were left alone outside without shoes on as rain poured down and cars drove by.

Sean Sharpe, 38, and Julia Brogdon, 35, were arrested this week and preliminarily charged with three counts of neglect of a dependent each. The charges stem from an investigation into two toddlers who were outside wandering around and crossing the street without a parent.

Muncie police were called around 10 a.m. Thursday to a home on E. 16th Street after children, estimated to be around 3 years old, were seen outside without shoes on.

Officers arrived an

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