Update: Occurred April 3, 2012, 1:12am HINDERING APPREHENSION 1426 PAIGE 1204030001

Katherine Gaynor (4/7/1989) was arrested at the Corpus Christi Police Department April 4, 2012 by Corpus Christi Police detectives that investigated the case of child endangerment for her two-year old son.

                Corpus Christi Police Officers responded to information that a child may be in neglect at the 1400 block of Paige on April 3, 2012. The Patrol Officers were familiar with the address for previous calls for service. The officers discovered a two-year old child was outside the apartment unsupervised and in a dangerous condition. The officers located the mother and discovered the interior of the apartment was a hazardous condition for any child. Other violations revealed in the investigation so the officers contacted Child Protective Services to respond and evaluate the circumstance.

The mother, 22-year-old Katherine Gaynor, was placed under arrest, but allowed to gather a car seat and other items for the child. Seventeen year old Deonte Jones (12/14/1994) had arrived to assist and held the child while the mother gathered the necessary items. Jones caused a distraction for the officers and got between Gaynor and the officers which allowed Gaynor to escape through a window and flee. The child was placed in the custody of the Child Protective Services.

Gaynor is charged with Child Endangerment, a 2^nd degree felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine.