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Judge Mindy Glazer expressed shock during a hearing for Nathalie Belizaire, 29, who was charged with four counts of child neglect for leaving her four young children — including a 2-month-old and a 2-year-old — home alone while she went on a three-night cruise to the Bahamas. The case came to light when the father of one of the infants noticed the children unattended at Belizaire's North Miami Beach residence; police found them hiding in a bathroom without an adult present. Belizaire was arrested upon her return from the cruise and ordered not to have contact with the children, with bond set at $10,000.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-29,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Nathalie Belizaire, a 29-year-old mother from North Miami Beach, Florida, was arrested on September 28 after allegedly leaving her four young children home alone while she went on a three-night Carnival Conquest cruise to the Bahamas. The father of one of Belizaire’s two-month-old infants noticed posts on social media about her vacation and grew concerned when he couldn't find his child at their great-grandmother's house, as promised by Belizaire. Upon visiting her apartment on September 26, he heard children talking inside but saw no sign of an adult; police were then alerted.
First responders broke into the home to discover all four children—ages ranging from two months to five years—alone and hiding in a bathroom. Belizaire was met by officers upon disembarking at the Miami port on September 28, charged with four counts of child neglect. During her court appearance via video call, Judge Mindy Glazer expressed disbelief and shock over Belizaire’s alleged actions, questioning how someone could leave children unattended for days.
Written for “Mother Leaves Kids Alone For Cruise” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 2 other(s) covering the same event.
A Florida mother was arrested after allegedly leaving her four young children — including a 2-month-old infant and a 2-year-old — home alone as she took a three-night cruise to the Bahamas, visibly shocking the judge hearing the case.
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“Who leaves four little kids alone to go on a cruise?” Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer incredulously asked Nathalie Belizaire, 29, as she appeared in court with her lawyer by video call Tuesday.
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“The poor kids were home alone!” she exclaimed, Local 10 reports.
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Belizaire was charged with four counts of child neglect after she flitted off for a three-night cruise on Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Conquest, leaving the children to fend for themselves in her North Miami Beach residence, according to an arrest affidavit.
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Lether Bazile, the father of the 2-month-old, told cops Belizaire said she had planned to leave the kids with their great-grandmother.
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But when he stopped by her place Sept. 26 — a day after the ship set sail — he heard the chatter of kids’ voices and saw the TV on through the blinds.
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He called police, who found the children hiding in the bathroom without an adult in sight.
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Their grandmother, Denise Wilkes, told officers Belizaire said she was going to drop the kids off but never arrived.
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she → tell → kids
Belizaire’s brother, Steven Borgella, told police his sister had texted him the same day asking him to check in on the children.
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sister → tell → children
She was arrested as she disembarked the vessel when it arrived at the port in Miami Sept. 28 and declined to speak to officers, the documents say, a detail that didn’t escape Judge Glazer’s attention when Belizaire’s lawyer said her leaving the kids to go on a cruise was only “only an allegation,” which she denies.
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“They arrested her disembarking from the cruise ship!”
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Glazer shot back
“You cannot make this up!” she added.
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“We are just grateful nothing worse happened to those kids.”
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The ages of the other two children were not immediately known.
Belizaire was booked into Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center Monday afternoon on four felony counts of child neglect without great bodily harm.
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She was ordered to stay away from the children and her bond was set at $10,000, according to court records.
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She was arrested and charged with aggravated battery in January 2025 after she allegedly pepper-sprayed a neighbor in the face, believing she was harassing her daughter.
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