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This Johnston apartment complex pool is busy on a hot summer day. And that was no different on June 16th - when a 2 year old and a 4 year old showed up by themselves - with no parent or guardian in sight. <THERE IS NO LIFEGUARDS ON DUTY THERE SO THEY COULD HAVE DROWNED AND LOST THEIR LIFE.> Abby Beckett also lives at the apartment complex at 62-hundred Clark Lane. She was at the pool that day with her own 2 and 4 year old daughters - when she noticed the children asking people for food and water. <I WAS VERY WORRIED. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW A MOM COULD THIS! LIKE JUST LEAVE YOUR CHILDREN, YOU KNOW?> Police showed up to investigate - and try to figure out who the children belong to. <NOBODY WAS AT HOME. THE DOORS WERE LOCKED WHERE THEIR KIDS LIVED. THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO FIND A PHONE NUMBER.> Winnie Wleh is now facing charges. Police say it's still a mystery why she left her two young children alone. < ) SO WHERE WAS SHE THIS WHOLE TIME? WE ARE STILL NOT SURE. THE STORY SHE TOLD US DIDN'T MATCH UP WITH WHAT WE WERE BEING TOLD BY WITNESSES.> An aquaintance took the children in, and when police followed up the next day - Wleh was back. It's unclear exactly how long she had left the children alone ... But police say any amount of time is too long. <A TWO AND A FOUR YEAR OLD - THEY OBVIOUSLY CAN'T CARE FOR THEMSELVES SO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO UNLESS IT'S A LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCY - WHICH AT THAT TIME YOU SHOULD BE CALLING US - IT'S NOT WORTH PUTTING YOUR KIDS AT RISK.> Wleh has already bonded ou

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A Johnston mother has been ordered to stay away from two children she was caring for after police said the children were found wandering outside alone, begging for food and water.Winnie Wleh, 23, is charged with two counts of child endangerment.The Johnston Police Department said the two children, ages 2 and 4, alone near an apartment pool at 6200 Clark Lane on June 16."There (are) no lifeguards on duty there, so they could have drowned and lost their life," said Abby Beckett, who lives in the apartment complex.Beckett said she was at the pool that day with her own old daughters when she noticed the children."I was very worried," she said. "I just don't understand how a mom could do this, like, just leave your children, you know?"According to police, an officer tried to take the children back to their apartment, but the door was locked."Nobody was at home," Johnston police Lt. Steve Nore said. "The doors were locked where the kids lived. They weren't able to find a phone number."Police said an acquaintance took the children in and that officers spoke to Wleh the next day.Nore said authorities are unclear why she left her two young children alone."The story she told us didn't match up with what we were being told by witnesses," he said.It's unclear exactly how long she had left the children alone, but police say any amount of time is too long."A 2 and a 4-year-old, they obviously can't care for themselves," Nore said. "So, whatever you have to do, unless it's a life-threatening emergency, which, at that time, you should be calling us, it's not worth putting your kids at risk."Wleh bonded out of Polk County Jail on Saturday.