Mother Sentenced After Sons Injured In House Fire

DENVER (CBS4) - A woman accused of leaving her children home alone on the day their house caught fire has been sentenced.

Police say Rocio Arroyo-Reyes, 30, left her two young boys, ages 3 and 5, home alone on the day the fire broke out last September in Denver. She was charged with two counts of child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury.

Rocio Arroyo-Reyes (credit: Denver police)

A judge sentenced Arroyo-Reyes to 90 days in jail and four years probation for child abuse.

Firefighters wound up rescuing the children after arriving at the triplex on the morning of Sept. 29 and finding it in flames.

 

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