Kids allegedly found in roach-filled car

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla., July 18 (UPI) -- Police in Florida say they stopped a woman suspected of drunk driving, and found her children in a roach-ridden trash-strewn back seat.

The children, ages 1 and 3, were sitting amid empty liquor bottles, food containers and more than 100 roaches, Jacksonville Beach Sgt. Thomas Bingham told WJXT-TV.

"They were soaked and covered in urine and their own feces, and there were cockroaches all over the car. The officer says when he reached in to unbuckle the child, three roaches ran across his hand -- they were just everywhere," he said.

Tammie Nava was pulled over after she hit a median. Officers said she smelled of alcohol and had to use the door for support to get out of the car.

She was arrested, and the children put in care of their grandfather.

A neighbor told the TV station that Nava, a nurse, seemed like a responsible mother.