DOTHAN, Ala (WDHN)— A woman has been arrested and charged with reckless endangerment after her child was allegedly found wandering around a Dothan neighborhood late at night, DPD.

Just before midnight on October 5, Dothan Patrol Officers responded to the 700 Block of South Edgewood Drive about a small child that showed up and began playing with other children in the neighborhood.

Neighbors in the area were trying to find the child’s parents or guardians.

According to police, over an hour later, Zaketchia Shymane May, the mother of the child, called the Dothan Police Department to report her child missing.

Patrol officers arrested May for reckless endangerment of a child.