Morgan Chapman, Pikeville, Kentucky mom leaves two young kids home alone to go drinking, returning home hours later drunk [PHOTOS]

A Kentucky mother is accused of leaving her two young children, ages two and four, home alone for many hours before returning in a drunken haze. 

Pikeville Police said they were summoned to an apartment shortly after 9 p.m. on Monday for a complaint of a domestic altercation in progress, but when they arrived, they discovered only two children inside, according to the Appalachian News-Express.

According to the police report, the children had no idea where their mother was. An officer spoke with a neighbor across the hall, who informed them that the mother, Morgan Chapman, 23, had asked her to watch the children around 5 p.m. so she could 'go smoke.'

The officer stated in the report that 'go smoke' is a frequent phrase for smoking marijuana in eastern Kentucky.

While officers were still on the scene, Chapman returned home with a'very strong odor of alcoholic beverage coming from her shot gassy eyes and heavy slurred speech,' according to court documents.

Morgan Chapman, Pikeville, Kentucky mom leaves kids home alone to go drinking.

The mother said she just left the children alone for a 'few minutes' to go to a 'neighbor's home'.

Chapman was arrested and taken to jail, while the children were transported to police headquarters and contacted by the Department of Protection and Permanency.

The children's father's whereabouts were not immediately known.

The mom has since been charged with endangering the welfare of a minor along with a momento souvenir mugshot that caught the attention of the internet before being bonded out.

Pikeville is located in far eastern Kentucky, some 150 miles southeast of Lexington.