Toddler found walking down street late at night in Muncie, police say

MUNCIE, Ind. — A mother faces neglect charges after her roughly 3-year-old child was found wandering down the street alone in just a diaper at 11 p.m.

Alexis Fisher, 21, of Muncie was taken to Delaware County Jail and is being held on preliminary charges of neglect of a dependent, a Level 6 felony.

According to court documents, Muncie police officers were called to S. Ebright Street at 11 p.m. on Wednesday after a woman standing on her porch spotted an approximately 3-year-old child wandering down the middle of the road. The child was wearing only a diaper, according to the woman, and no one else was in the vicinity.

Police officers checked with dispatch and discovered that no missing children were reported. Officers began searching the area, after handing the child over to DCS, and nea