According to Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Kim Myers, at approximately 12:40 a.m. on July 25th, 25-year-old Princess Marks was arrested and booked after leaving two young children in an SUV unattended. Marks was reportedly performing oral sex on her boyfriend in another vehicle.

Myers stated,

Deputies responded in reference to a report of two young children, a 7 year old and a 5 year old, left unattended inside an SUV with the windows left down and the SUV not running, in the parking lot of a Lake Charles store.

Myers also stated that after arriving,

"Deputies located the mother of the two children, Princess Marks, 25, of Lake Charles, who confirmed she left the children unattended inside the SUV while she performed oral sex on her boyfriend in his vehicle, which was also in the parking lot of the store. Marks also advised deputies that she was unable to see the children or her SUV from her boyfriend’s vehicle."

Marks has been charged with child desertion and released on a $5,000 bond.

According to Myers, the children have been placed with family members.