An Iowa woman was arrested after her 1-year-old toddler fell out of her apartment's second-floor window while she was outside the home.

Angelia Varner, 35, was released on personal recognizance after she was arrested on Monday and charged with one count of child neglect. According to a criminal complaint reviewed by Law&Crime, Varner was accused of leaving her three young children alone on Aug. 18 while she went out to the parking lot of her apartment in Newton, Iowa.

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According to the complaint, Varner told police that she had left her three young children — ages 23 months, 3 years old, and 9 years old — by themselves "for a few minutes" while she w

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