Two Women Charged For Leaving 2-Year-Old Alone In Hotel Room

Myrtle Beach Police responded to the Sea Crest hotel on Ocean Boulevard for reports of an unattended child.

Two women from Ohio are being charged after allegedly leaving a 2-year-old alone for hours in a hotel room on Ocean Boulevard.

Myrtle Beach Police responded to the Sea Crest hotel in the 800 block of Ocean Boulevard on reports of an unattended child.

The child’s mother, 25-year-old Jonell Nash and her friend 26-year-old, Mylena Dorsey, were at the location when police arrived.

Nash told officers she and Dorsey left her daughter unattended in their room for nearly four hours. It was also said that Nash was watching the child in the room until she fell asleep, then Nash left her in the room alone.

Both women are charged with child endangerment and willfully abandoning a child.

Both were released on $6,000 surety bonds.