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A Jersey City single mom has been sentenced to three years in prison for leaving her three young children, including a 7-month-old, home alone while she was clubbing in Manhattan.

State Superior Court Judge Sheila Venable, sitting in Jersey City, told 21-year-old Jessica Figueroa, who was out dancing and drinking when her 3-year-old son and 2-year-old and 7-month-old daughters were found alone in their Arlington Avenue home in July,

“We are very lucky that you are not standing before me on a much more serious charge!”

The incident came to light when neighbors found the tearful 3-year-old boy and his naked 2-year-old sister roaming the second-floor hallway of their apartment building at about 8:15 p.m.

Police called Figueroa on her cell phone in Manhattan saying her children were at the police station and she should come their immediately, but Figueroa told the officers she would return if she could get a ride.

Police said,  that she finally turned up at 1:43 the next morning and was arrested on site.

Figueroa was originally charged with three counts each of endangering the welfare of a child and child abuse, Dill said, adding that she pleaded guilty to the three endangering counts. She has been held at the Hudson County jail in Kearny since her arrest and will now be remanded to state prison.

During her initial appearance in court last year she told officials she wanted to go home to her kids.

“While the Prosecutor’s Office sympathizes with the plight of single mothers, Ms. Figueroa’s behavior in leaving an infant home alone mandated a prison sentence.”

Figueroa had no previous record, officials said.

 

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