Entitled Mother Assaults Officers After Being Arrested For Leaving Her Young Kids Alone

Albuquerque, New Mexico- On October 19, 2021, APD officers were called out to the four hills studio apartments complex after receiving a 911 call reporting 2 very young kids being left alone by their mother.

Officers arrived and located a 7 year old girl and a 9 month old boy. It was reported that the mother who was identified as 27 year old Samantha Sanchez would leave her kids alone for 20-30 minutes at a time. Staff reported that Samantha had done this frequently for more than 2 weeks. Officers were able to call Samantha and have her come back home. Upon arriving, Samantha was visibly irritated by the officers being there and having been reported to police. Officers attempted to talk with Samantha in a civil manner before ultimately placing her under arrest for child abuse after she became belligerent and uncooperative. As officers were arresting her, Samantha decided to resist officers by pulling away resulting in them taking her to the ground. Officers were able to get Samantha into handcuffs but she continued to fight and kick officers before even pinching them. Backup officers arrived and placed feet shackles on Samantha before she was placed into the back of an APD unit.

Samantha was transported and booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) on charges of battery on an officer, assault on an officer (attempted battery), abandonment of a child, and no drivers license. Samantha ultimately took a plea deal which dropped the battery on an officer and no drivers license charges in return for pleading guilty to the attempted battery and abandonment of a child charges. Approximately 6 months later, Samantha was arrested after she shot her little boys toes off after her and her boyfriend got into a fight. In that case Sanchez was charged with 2 counts of child abuse where she pled guilty. The District Attorney filed to have Sanchez held behind bars until trial however the judge denied that motion and released her on probation. Samantha faced up to 9 years behind bars, but she was ultimately given a suspended sentence of 1 year in jail and 5 years of probation.