Woman arrested for leaving kids in Walmart

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(KENTUCKY.COM) – A woman who abandoned six kids at a Walmart in Adair County was later found and arrested in Pulaski County, police said.

Amanda Jardinez, 33, of Somerset, took six children, two of whom were hers, to Walmart in Columbia on Friday and told them to find a worker to talk to, Columbia police said.

Police said she tried to retrieve a MoneyGram transfer and then started to leave the store. When three of the children tried to follow her out, police said “Jardinez stopped, turned back and made them go back inside.”

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