Newly appointed Denver school board member MiDian Holmes pleaded guilty to child abuse in 2006 after police found she left her three children home alone for more than eight hours while she was at work, according to court documents obtained by Chalkbeat.
The kids were 7, 6 and 2 years old at the time, according to the documents.
The account spelled out in a police report is — that she pleaded guilty to misdemeanor child abuse after her 2-year-old daughter wandered out the front door while she was getting ready for work.
Board members, district officials and allies rallied to Holmes’ defense after her criminal record first came to light Wednesday, citing Holmes’ story of her child wandering off and saying any parent could relate to such a terrifying turn of events.
Holmes said that any child abuse charges stemmed entirely from that incident. But the court records, provided by the Denver District Attorney’s Office, make clear that wasn’t the case.
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