No timeline for ex-President Bush leaving hospital

  HOUSTON -- Former President George H.W. Bush remains in stable condition more than two weeks after entering a Houston hospital for treatment of a bronchitis-related cough.

Methodist Hospital spokesman George Kovacik (koh-VAH'-chik) said Saturday the 88-year-old Bush continues to improve, but doctors are being cautious with his care.

Kovacik says physicians have provided no timeline for when the 41st president will be discharged. Bush was admitted to the hospital the day after Thanksgiving. He had a weeklong stay for the same illness earlier in November.

Bush and his wife, Barbara, divide their time between their residences in Houston and Kennebunkport, Maine.

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Police: Bus driver charged after leaving boy on bus

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A bus driver is facing a felony after police say she failed to check her bus for students and subsequently left a 9-year-old boy who had fallen asleep alone on the bus in a northwest Houston parking lot.

Nine-year-old Theo Jones says he's doing just fine now, and he's even back in school. We got a chance to talk to the boy about what happened Wednesday.

Theo says he was scared when he realized he was all alone on his school bus. No students, no bus driver.

"I woke up and there was nobody on the bus. I sat there for a minute and I got off the bus," Theo said.

According to police, it was during the morning bus route Wednesday when Theo fell asleep. The driver then finished her route, returned to the bus lot, parked and left.

Police say around 12:30pm is when Theo woke up and got off the bus, only to be met by a pit bull living behind the gate where the buses are parked.

"The dog was chasing after me and it jumped on me," Theo said.

Mary Martin says her husband heard the boy screaming for help and ran over. She says he was able to help the boy over the fence.

"They threw food at the dog and got the dog's attention while Albert, my husband, put his hands on the gate so the little boy could get on his hands and he could pull him over the gate."

Theo's mother, Meagan Jones, says she was at work when she got the phone call explaining what had happened.

"I was angry at first. I'm relieved that he is OK," she said.

The bus driver, Simona Alcaide, was arrested and charged with endangering a child, a felony charge. According to charging documents, Alcaide failed to check the bus for students before locking the bus and leaving the area.

"It's 30 seconds to check a bus, to walk it before you park it," Meagan Jones said.

HISD says the bus and driver are not employed by the district. Because Theo lives within a two-mile radius of the school, parents pay for a private bus company.

According to neighbors, that pit bull does live behind these gates and was not on the loose. Theo was taken to the hospital to be checked out after this incident. Again, he is OK.

Alcaide's bond has been set at $5,000.

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Man accused of leaving girl, 3, unsupervised which resulted in her walking alone down a busy road

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A man is accused of leaving a young child unsupervised which resulted in her walking alone down a busy road in the Spring area.

According to court documents, on September 19 a 3-year-old girl was found wandering in the 24000 block of Aldine Westfield, a four-lane roadway with a posted speed limit of 45mph. Police say the girl was alone and wandering down the street about one mile from her residence.

Court documents state investigators brought the girl back to her residence and spoke with a 10-year-old boy who said he just arrived home from school and that his older brother, Joshua Montel Stephens, was in charge of watching the girl. Police say about 10 minutes later, Stephens walked up to the residence. They say Stephens said he walked to the store to get some food for the girl and the 10-year-old boy and that he admitted to leaving the girl home alone.

Stephens, 19, is charged with endangering a child.

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Woman accused of leaving toddler in shopping cart

Priscanoi Maree Kisivuli, 21, is charged with abandoning a child.

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A Houston woman is accused of abandoning a child in a shopping cart while fleeing from a security guard.

On August 2, Houston police officers were called to a Target store in the 13200 block of the Northwest Freeway regarding a theft. A loss prevention security officer told police that he spotted two women on surveillance video shoplifting in the store.

According to court documents, when the officer tried to stop Priscanoi Maree Kisivuli, she allegedly fled the store carrying a small child. The 22-month-old was left in the store shopping cart.

The second woman was arrested, and she helped identify Kisivuli. The toddler was turned over to her grandmother's care.

Kisivuli, 21, is charged with abandoning a child, a felony charge. Bail has been set at $2,000.

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Clear Lake mom accused of leaving baby alone in vehicle while going into bar

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A local woman has been charged with child endangerment after officials say she left her three-month-old child in a car so she could go drinking.

It was 3:30am Sunday, when Amy Cooney, 31, was allegedly inside a bar on Houston's south side and her three-month-old baby boy was in her black SUV parked outside.

Neighbor Pat Coleman said, "I can't believe Amy left her baby in the car, because grandma... She's got a good mother, and grandmother was good, so it must be an accident."

Coleman lives across the street from Cooney and her family and can't believe the young woman she watched grow up, who features her children on her Facebook page, is charged with child endangerment.

We tried to talk to Cooney's mom about what happened, but she didn't want to comment.

According to court records, Cooney was in line in the bathroom at the bar when she told another patron that her baby was in the car. That's when that customer asked to see the baby, leading Cooney to the car, where the patron grabbed the baby and turned him over to authorities.

Prosecutors told the court, "The defendant left her three-month-old child in the car, went inside the club. It's unknown how long the child was in the car before authorities were alerted."

For now, Cooney remains in jail, having not yet posted bond, while neighbors remain in disbelief.

"I just can't believe it, I really can't," Coleman said. "I'd go to court to say that, I can't believe it."

Cooney faces a felony charge of child endangerment.

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Dad accused of leaving 4 young kids alone in apartment with broken glass

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A Houston man is accused of leaving four young children alone in an apartment with broken glass.

Tristan J Brown, 28, is charged with abandoning a child. According to court documents, on Saturday a woman called police to report children who had been left alone in an apartment in the 5500 block of Eskridge. The woman told an officer that she saw Brown, her neighbor's ex-boyfriend, put a small child through the hole of a broken window. The child then unlocked the door and Brown entered the apartment with three other children, the neighbor said.

The neighbor said she saw Brown leave a few minutes later and she became concerned because she knew the children's mother was at work. She told police she went over and found four kids, ages two to six, alone in the apartment. She also says a bathroom mirror had been broken and shards of glass were all over the floor.

Police called the children's mother who said that Brown, who is the children's father, was caring for them, and that he sent her a text saying the kids were alone at the apartment.

Bail in the case has been set at $10,000. Brown reportedly has prior convictions on drug charges.

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Man gunned down while leaving for work

Authorities are on the scene of a deadly drive-by shooting in west Houston.

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man at 12400 Shadowmist about 5:30am.

Police say Tai Nguyen, 38, was leaving his home to go to work when he was approached by an unknown suspect or suspects. As he entered his vehicle, he was shot numerous times. Nguyen attempted to flee into his residence but collapsed on his driveway. He died at the scene.

At this time, there is no known suspect(s) or motive.

Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

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Pregnant mom accused of leaving kid in car due in court

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A pregnant mother who allegedly passed out in her car with her baby after trying to get a piercing is expected in court this morning.

Workers at a tattoo parlor on the North Freeway say Stephanie Irene Santana showed up in the middle of the night Wednesday asking how long it would take for a piercing.

Workers kicked her out because she seemed intoxicated and they called police. Police say they found a beer bottle in her diaper bag and Xanax in her car.

Santana is charged with child endangerment.

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Woman accused of leaving child with stranger

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A Houston woman is facing a felony charge after she allegedly tried to leave a child with a stranger.

Vernice Ruenell Zagerman, 52, is charged with endangering a child. According to court documents, on Monday Zagerman allegedly placed a child in imminent danger of bodily injury by attempting to leave the child in the care of a stranger while intoxicated.

Bail has been set at $15,000. Zagerman remains in custody. No further details are available at this time.

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Grandmother accused of leaving kids alone in car

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A grandmother was arrested Thursday night after police say she left two kids in the car while she went shopping at a southwest Houston store.

The two boys -- approximately three to five years old -- were left alone inside a car in the parking lot of the Walmart at 9600 block of West Sam Houston Parkway.

Temperatures fell to around 48 degrees Thursday night. The car was apparently not on, and the kids got cold.

Police say the kids were left alone for at least one hour before an announcement was made over the intercom of the store and they located the grandmother.

The grandmother now faces charges of child endangerment.

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