Indy mom charged after allegedly riding bike with her infants in a milk crate

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis mom has been charged with two counts of neglect of a dependent after officers found she was driving a bicycle together with her 2-month-old twins in a crate on the bicycle.

Court docket file present police have been referred to as to Simply Pizza at 3852 E. tenth Avenue on June 27 after a girl claimed to see one other girl on a motorcycle swerving and nearly wrecking a number of occasions, at one level hitting a curb and nearly inflicting the bike to fall over.

After realizing two infants have been contained in the crate, the lady referred to as for medics, based on courtroom paperwork.

Blossum Kirby, 35, informed police she transported her youngsters on the bike as a result of she didn’t have a automobile and didn’t see something fallacious with it, based on courtroom paperwork.

Kirby informed officers she was touring from her residence within the 2300 block of Prospect Avenue to the 6000 block of E. 12^th Avenue. In response to courtroom paperwork, this can be a 30-minute bike trip.

Through the trip, the 2 infants have been inside a milk crate connected to the entrance of the bike with a bungee wire.

In response to courtroom paperwork, medics on the scene decided one of many infants was affected by sunburns, abrasions on their left hand and minor scratches. The second child had sunburns, a wound on their groin and an “excessive” rash.

The infants have been transported to Riley Hospital.

Kirby was positioned underneath arrest for neglect of a dependent, based on courtroom paperwork.

On-line courtroom information present an preliminary courtroom listening to for Kirby is scheduled for August 1.