Police Say Texas Mother Left Baby in Car While She Went into Night Club to Drink Shots

Samantha Vaughan, 26, was arrested after allegedly leaving her infant inside a running car while drinking alcohol inside a nightclub in Copperas Cove, Texas, on July 28, 2019. Copperas Cove Police Department

A Texas mother was arrested in a Copperas Cove night club after allegedly leaving her baby in a running car while she went inside to consume alcohol.

According to local news outlet KWTX, 26-year-old Samantha Vaughan was discovered before 2 a.m. on Sunday, July 28, inside TrackSide, a Copperas Cove drinking establishment which one Yelp reviewer called an “old run down bar.”