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Spring break in Florida is not just for college students. The "only two beers" phrase came up in their arrest. A mom and dad, or mom's fiancé, took a trip to Florida and were found passed out on the beach.
They didn't know where their children were when deputies found them. The children were found safe at nearby hotel swimming pool.
It reminds me of a kiddie call that my partner received from a dispatcher on a Saturday afternoon.
A report of two children left alone at home. Their parents decided to take a weekend trip without the kids. A five-year-old, and the other child was about two years old. We knocked on the door several times and the older child came to the window, but he wouldn't open the door.
We obtained a key to the apartment and found the two-year-old in a playpen. They were left with a box of cereal in the living room. We made arrangements for children's services to take custody of the children. We were informed that the parents were arrested on Sunday evening after they had called 9-1-1 to report their missing children.
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This falls into the category of thing the police should not have to do, but someone has too.
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Glad that one had been less than a day. I saw a recent headline about a murder trial where the mom is alleged to have left her toddler at home while she went on a ten day vacation. The summary made me sick and angry and I didn't want to click and read the whole article.
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A neighbor told us that the parents had left on Friday afternoon. He was the neighbor that called 9-1-1 that generated our visit to the apartment. He thought the kids were in the car until he walked by apartment window on Saturday afternoon and saw the older child looking out the window. When he didn't see the parent's car in the parking lot he made the 9-1-1 call. I still think of him as the good neighbor.
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I think the guy in question is a fiance and not the father of the children. In that case, is he less liable than the mother, Doug?
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Not if their living together, but that depends on Florida statutes.
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