A mother and grandmother in rural Pennsylvania are accused of leaving the children they were supposed to care for in extremely unsafe conditions.
Heidi Lynn Beer, 35, and Leslie Ann Keller, 69, both stand charged with five felony counts of endangering the welfare of children as a parent or guardian. Beer also faces five misdemeanor counts of recklessly endangering another person and one count of making a false report.
The women were both arrested on July 28 after Vandergrift Borough police in Westmoreland County arrived at a home due to a report of a fight. But they apparently ended up finding much more.
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