Mom arrested after kids found near busy intersection

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - An Indianapolis mother is in jail after police said her three young children were left home alone. Investigators said the two girls, ages two and four, were found wandering outside. Police found their one-year-old brother also alone inside the house.

Candice Pigee, 18, is in the Marion County Jail charged with three counts of child neglect.

Investigators said the two and four-year-old girls were standing at 17th and Rural Streets, a busy intersection, when a good Samaritan stopped them from crossing the street.

Willie Stone was the good Samaritan.

"They guided me down to the house where they stayed at. The littlest one push the door and went in," said Stone.

Stone said he yelled for a parent but no one answered and he called 911.

When police showed up, an officer also called for a parent. Instead, investigators said he found a one-year-old boy inside the house all alone.

According to the probable cause affidavit, the officer walked into the kitchen and found the stove on and the door open. The only bathroom inside the house full of feces and the refrigerator had spoiled meat inside.

"I smelled the odor when the little girl opened the door. The odor kind of hit me in the face and I was like, 'This isn't good'," Stone said.

People who live in the east side neighborhood said they are not shocked.

"It's very disturbing, but I can't say that I've not seen it in this neighborhood before," said a neighbor.

"(Stone) done the right thing. We have some good neighbors here, because sometimes this happens," said another neighbor.

Pigee's bond is set at $5,000. She scheduled to appear in court on Thursday.