Woman charged after 7 children found in vacant apartment in Humboldt Park: police
CHICAGO - A woman is accused of child endangerment after seven children, including a 23-month-old baby, were found inside a vacant apartment Friday in Humboldt Park on the West Side.
The Associated Press is reporting that the woman is 31-year-old, Jessie Hunt.
Hunt is charged with seven misdemeanor counts of causing a child to be endangered, Chicago police said.
About 3:50 p.m. on Friday, officers responded to a well-being check at an apartment that should have been vacant in the 700 block of North Trumbull Avenue, police said.
Prosecutors said that the door was blocked by a two-by-four.
Inside the unit, officers found a 14-year-old girl, an 11-year-old boy, a 7-year-old boy, a 6-year-old girl, a 5-year-old boy, a 4-year-old girl and a 23-month-old baby, police said. They were all taken to St. Mary Hospital and are in good condition.
It was not immediately clear if Hunt, whose last known address was on the city’s South Side, was the mother of the children.
Hunt appeared at a bond hearing Saturday where she was released on her own recognizance. She is due back in court Jan. 8.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.