Police: Drunk Calif. mom left children outside in cold during McDonald's run

(CBS)  SACRAMENTO - Police say they arrested an intoxicated Sacramento woman after she left her young children outside in the cold while she went to McDonald's.

Farris Martin, 39, was arrested on a felony charge of endangering the life or health of a child, reports CBS Sacramento.

Officers arrived just before midnight Sunday to find two children, ages 9 and 4, huddled in the bushes to stay warm, reports CBS Sacramento. Police said the temperature was 44 degrees at the time.

An officer brought the children -- who said their mother had left them to go to McDonald's -- into his car where they waited more than 15 minutes until Martin returned. According to the officer, Martin was intoxicated.

The children were released to another family member and Child Protective Services was notified, CBS Sacramento reports.