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Mesa Police Department - Media Release
Mother of siz-year-old arrested for endangerment
 On November 8, 2007 27-year-old Marion M.
Conforti was arrested in Mesa for endangering the
life of her six-year-old son. Patrol Officers from
the Central Patrol Division were dispatched to a
local convenience store in the area of 1600 N.
Country Club in Mesa to check the well being of a
female later identified as Marion Conforti.
According to a witness, Conforti was passed out in
the driver’s seat of a vehicle in the parking lot.
Officers arrived at the parking lot and noticed
that Conforti was in fact passed out in the drivers
seat with the key in the ignition. The officers woke
Conforti up and she admitted to consuming alcoholic
beverages throughout the night. Conforti also stated
that she left her six-year-old son at home while she
came to the convenience store to buy a pack of
cigarettes. Conforti estimated that she had been
gone for about thirty minutes.
Officers decided to check on the welfare of
Conforti’s son. They responded to Conforti’s
residence and made contact with her six-year-old son
inside. Officer’s immediately noticed that one of
the burners on the stove was on and it was radiating
a tremendous amount of heat. A pizza box along with
other flammable materials was within inches of the
stove burner. The pizza box itself was warm to the
touch. The officers recognized the fire hazard and
immediately turned the stove off. The inside of the
residence had a strong odor of feces and cat urine.
Dirty liter boxes were located within the residence
and were not clean. Liter from the boxes was spread
throughout the floor. Dirty clothes covered the
floors and several bottles of medication including
Tylenol were found in a bag on the floor. The
medication labels on some of the bottles were torn
off. Two of the caps on the medication bottles were
not secure.
Child Protective Services took custody of
Conforti’s six-year-old son. Conforti was booked for
one count of Felony Endangerment. Her bond amount is
unknown. The Mesa Police Department would like to
take this opportunity to remind parents to keep a
close eye on their children.
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