00:00It says she went on a cruise and left her children home alone.
00:02Who leaves the kids, poor little kids alone?
00:04Judge is an allegation at this time.
00:06They go on a cruise.
00:07A Florida mother was arrested after allegedly leaving her four young children,
00:12including a two-month-old infant and a two-year-old, home alone
00:15as she took a three-night cruise to the Bahamas,
00:18visibly shocking the judge hearing the case.
00:21Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer tore into Natalie Belazare
00:25as she appeared in court with her lawyer by video call on September 29th.
00:30You cannot make this up.
00:31The 29-year-old mom was charged with four counts of child neglect
00:35after she darted off for a three-night cruise on the Carnival Conquest,
00:39leaving the children to fend for themselves in her North Miami Beach residence,
00:43according to an arrest affidavit.
00:45The father of the two-month-old told cops Belazare said
00:48she had planned to leave the kids with their great-grandmother,
00:51but when he stopped by her place on September 26th,
00:54a day after the ship set sail,
00:57he heard the chatter of the kids' voices and saw the TV on through the blinds.
01:01He called police who found the children hiding in the bathroom without an adult in sight.
01:06Their grandmother told officers Belazare said she was going to drop the kids off,
01:11but never arrived.
01:12Belazare's brother also spoke to police,
01:15telling cops his sister had texted him the same day,
01:17asking him to check in on the children.
01:20She was arrested as she disembarked the vessel
01:22when it arrived at the port in Miami on September 28th
01:25and declined to speak to officers, the documents say.
01:28A detail that didn't escape Judge Glazer's attention
01:31when Belazare's lawyer said her leaving the kids to go on a cruise was,
01:35quote,
01:35only an allegation, which she denies.
01:38It's only an allegation.
01:39She denies the allegation.
01:40They arrested her disembarking from the cruise ship.
01:43I understand that, Judge.
01:52The key, what would you time for when Belazare was was sent?
01:55If you would come quickly and found your name
02:00You
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