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Mary K. Galvin, 36, has been charged with three counts of neglect of a minor as well as two counts of possessing a controlled substance, Rockville City Police said.
Police responded for a report of child neglect at the Best Western Hotel in Rockville around 7 a.m. on Wednesday, March 23, Rockville City Police said.
Hotel staff told authorities they had found three small children, ages 2, 6, and 11, sleeping alone in a room without parental supervision. There was also drug paraphernalia in the room, police said.
Officers later found the mother asleep in a car in the hotel parking lot with a man. Both appeared to be under the influence, police said.
The male was taken to a local hospital for treatment while Galvin was placed under arrested. The children are now with Montgomery County Child Protective Services, police said.
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