Houston mom leaves children home while on cruise: court records [Video]

HOUSTON — A Houston mother is charged with abandonment after leaving her two children home alone for five days while she was on a cruise, according to court records.

Police did a welfare check on April 9 after a witness told them neighbors in the luxury high-rise apartment complex on Katy Freeway told her that the children were home alone and they were worried about their safety, according to court documents. 

Neighbors said they saw Lakesha Woods Williams, 29, leaving with luggage on April 4 around noon and never saw her return. They said this is not the first time something like this has happened.

Officers found the children, a boy and girl, inside the Memorial City-area apartment they described as being in “disarray,” according to court records. They said trash and …