Mother of naked boy wandering Florida street arrested
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Kelly Ann Gibbs, 41, is facing a variety of charges including felony child neglect. (MyFoxTampaBay.com)
The mother of a 3-year-old boy found wandering the street naked in New Port Richey has been arrested.
Police say 41-year-old Kelly Gibbs was arrested Saturday. She's charged with child neglect, resisting an officer without violence and failure to obtain a replacement driver's license. No attorney information is listed for her at the Land O'Lakes Jail where she's being held.
Police say a driver called 911 to report a toddler wandering the street. The driver got out with the child to wait for police. One person who recognized the boy told police where Gibbs lived.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police say her apartment was found to be unkempt with empty alcoholic beverage containers littered about. Gibbs had not been aware that her child was missing from the apartment.
A Child Protection Investigator will investigate.