A Georgia Woman Abandoned Her Kids to Play Poker
HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA, USA (Poker Uncensored) -- A Georgia woman is facing charges of child neglect after allegedly abandoning her children in the parking garage of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to play poker. According to charging documents, 33-year-old Icese Laporsha Simmons of Albany, Georgia spent approximately 3.5 hours in the casino while her children were left in a car parked in the Lucky Street parking garage. The children, ages 4, 10, and 12, were found by Seminole Tribal Police at approximately 3:30 AM after a report was made about children asleep in a car in the garage. The car was not running, leaving the children without any air conditioning. Ms. Simmons returned to her car after 4:00 AM and was arrested. At arraignment in Broward County, Florida court Ms. Simmons was charged with three counts of child neglect. Her children are currently in the custody of the Florida Department of Children and Families, and she was ordered to have no contact with them by a Ju...