On Oct. 30, while Patterson had taken another one of her kids to a doctor’s appointment, her son Soren left the family’s home in Mineral Bluff, Ga., and went into town, according to the outlets. Patterson was notified when the Fannin County Sheriff’s Office called her to tell her where her son was.

A Georgia mother was arrested and accused of allegedly endangering her son — all because the unsupervised 10-year-old walked less than a mile away from home, officials said.

Brittany Patterson was handcuffed in front of her children, arrested and booked into the Fannin County jail, where she had to post a $500 bond.