HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KWTX) - Deputies with Constable Mark Herman's Office arrested a woman after investigators said three young children were found alone during a welfare check Tuesday.

Deputies responded July 8 to the 19400 block of Cavern Springs Drive after neighbors reported several small children wandering outside without an adult.

When deputies arrived, they discovered three children - ages 1, 3 and 4 - had been left home alone, according to the constable's office.