Mom Angel Johnson Charged After Kids Left Home Alone Die In Fire

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. - Two children left home alone were killed in a house fire on Friday night, DeKalb County police said. Their mother and her boyfriend have been charged.

Three young children were left unsupervised at a Stone Mountain apartment on Ashley Place, DeKalb County police spokeswoman Mekka Parish said. At about 11 p.m., the fire broke out in the children’s room, likely due to a space heater, Parish said.

Parish said something impeded the children’s ability to leave the room, and they were trapped in the flames. A 4-year-old and a 3-year-old child died in the fire, Parish said. She said a 2-year-old was being treated at an area hospital for severe bu injuries.

The children’s mother, 29-year-old Angel Johnson, and her boyfriend, 24-year-old Keith Pinkney, who is not the children’s father, were each charged with three counts of cruelty to children and one count of making false statements.

They were being held at the DeKalb County Jail, pending a 2:30 p.m. court appearance, police said.