A Lawrence woman has been charged with two counts of child endangerment after allegedly leaving her young children alone for up to two hours last weekend.

Cecilia Augustina Gutierrez, 33, made her first appearance Monday, via video, in Douglas County District Court, where Pro Tem Judge James George entered a not-guilty plea on her behalf and set a bond of $1,500.

Officers arrested Gutierrez just after 12:30 a.m. Saturday after being dispatched to an apartment in the 2400 block of Alabama Street. A relative of Gutierrez had called police after determining that the children, ages 1 and 4, had been left unsupervised in the apartment for up to two hours, said Sgt. Trent McKinley of the Lawrence Police Department.

The children were left in the temporary custody of the relative, McKinley said. Police have also contacted the Department for Children and Families.

Gutierrez is scheduled to return to court Aug. 25.