Mom Goes To Bar, Leaves Baby In Car

A Daphne mother is arrested for leaving her infant daughter in the car while she went drinking at a bar.

Police received an anonymous call about a little girl sitting in a car outside Bentz Pizza Pub on County Road 13. When the officer arrived, the engine was still running. Because the pub is outside the Department's jurisdiction, the officer called the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office and waited with the child.

After the deputy arrived, the child's mother came out of the pub and asked if there was a problem. Michelle Jaquess said she had one beer while waiting to pick up her pizza and that she had only been there for a few minutes.

But deputies say Jaquess had been in the bar for more than 30 minutes, that she had more than one drink and that she never ordered a pizza.

Police say the little girl was a little cold from the car's A/C, but was otherwise okay. Jaquess' estranged husband came and picked up the couple's daughter.

Jaquess is charged with endangering the welfare of a child.