a random 2-year-old just walking in the middle of the street. So, we come here, make contact with your husband, correct? >> No. >> Father, father of kids. >> He's the father of the >> He's the father of my baby trying to open my door. >> Where was he? >> September 27th, deputies rushed to Palm Coast after a toddler was found wandering alone, climbing into a stranger's car, and walking into an open garage. Here's what happened. Hello, Deputy Dorsy. Are you the only adult here? No. >> There's another adult here. >> Where are they at? >> Uh he's back in his room with my uh son right now. >> Okay. Um who is he to you? >> Who is like who was a relation roommate? >> Yeah. >> Okay. How many kids live here? >> There's five here. >> Are they all your kids or Okay. How old are they? >> Uh we go from two all the way up to uh 16. >> 2 to 16. 2 4 uh 8 14 or 15 and 16. >> Okay. Where's the uh like the mother of the kids at? >> Uh work right now. >> Work she lives here too? >> Yes. >> Okay. That's we see all the kids. >> Yeah, we can see all the kids. Uh >> you're you're the stepdad. >> I'm stepdad to all what at least. >> All right. So, as far as technicalities go, I'm stepdad to three out of the five. Dad completely bled by two of the five. >> Okay. >> But I have names and claim on all but one. >> Okay. Okay. I guess that relationship. >> I have names and claims on all. >> Exactly, sir. >> They're all related to you. >> No, three of them are stepchildren. >> Two technical stepchildren. >> So, three would technically be stepchildren. >> Which three are the steps? >> I don't have my last name. So, I'm on the birth certificate. >> And where their birth fathers at? out from the ether. >> We got better chance of getting that info off a mama. >> I was just curious. That's all. >> I don't even know if she does. >> Okay. Um, so how did it go about that? We end up here because the child >> unattended and walking up to random cars trying to get in. >> He woke up to me having a garage door open trying to air out my garage. He likes to go out there, like I said, to this gentleman because I usually hang out either there or my back porch to smoke my cigarettes. >> Mhm. >> So, where were you when he walked out? >> When he walked out initially, I was probably in the room with uncle cuz we were in the back sitting on talking. >> How were you? >> How were you alerted to him being outside? >> I came out, looked, didn't find him in the bed, came out here, looked right after it. >> How long did it take before you found him? Not even 5 minutes. >> Not even 5 minutes. I 5 minutes is a long time for anybody. >> Me in general when I went to go see him. Not on that. >> Oh, >> two 2 minutes or so, give or take, from the there down to out here. It's like the first place I checked. >> See, where was he when he came out here? >> Walking his way from like right here. >> So, I mean, I don't doubt that he went out there, but he argue was definitely not. Yeah, he opened the garage door. No problem. No, no. He attempted to get into a stranger's car. >> Stranger's car? >> Yeah, that's what we got called. >> They they called about a 2-year-old trying to get in their vehicle. >> So, had that not been a concerned citizen, it had not been some pedal up the street. >> Yeah. >> So, with that kid, >> where does he where was he napping at that you said you said he was napping? >> He was napping in >> my room originally. >> That the room on the right over on the bed. Does he have a like a a crib or anything or >> No, no crib. >> So the garage door is not child locked. >> No, the garage door is not. But apparently I'm getting ready to install the motion monitor I got out here. So >> And I'm asking are there any guns in the house? >> Uh my roommate still has his. Then there would be his. >> Does he keep it locked up and away or >> Yeah, it I don't I don't even know where the heck the guy keeps the thing in. >> Does he have a safe? >> Not sure. He's got um the rifle case, I guess. Worst case scenario, if you have anything else. >> Where is it? Where is it? Right there. >> Yeah. >> Is it locked? >> Not right now. No. >> You mind if we talk to your roommate? >> Yep. area. He has sleeping around three beds. I only talked to a 2-year-old captain clearly company for at least 4 minutes. Hold on. Hey, they're still here. You >> mind if I talk to you alone real quick? Where were you at when Mr. Eric got out earlier? When did he get up? Huh? When did he get How long have you been home? >> Um, I've been home. What time is it? >> It's uh 7:23. I've been home by like 600. So since probably about an hour and a half then. Mhm. So I just been back in my room chilling. Okay. Um, how often are you guys cleaning up the house? It gets clean and then it gets trashed. But I've done my fair. >> Well, I'm asking not not you specifically, but how often is the house cleaned up? >> I I cuz looking at this house hasn't been cleaned up in at least 2 or 3 days at being generous. >> Being generous. Um, usually you get to that point, but it was supposed to be to my knowledge cuz I was not supposed to be home with paperwork. I'm not asking I understand it's not your responsibility. >> It's like it's like you get 2 to 3 days. >> Every 2 to 3 days it's cleaned up. >> Yeah. It gets picked up but usually it'll be easier. >> Who's is it the dog and cat? That belongs to Mr. Carter. >> Or is it your dog and cat? >> No, no, no, no. The cat is the girls. The dogs is his. >> Okay. So, and there's fecal matter and urine scattered about the house and that's cleaned up every 2 or 3 days. Usually when we see that it should be picked up. So, if there was any done today, that's should have been done today. But, as soon as I see them, I usually pick it up and I walk through. I already walk through the house because the dogs don't like it. >> How How long you been staying here? uh with them going on I think two years now. Two years. Now I understand none of these kids are yours, right? No. Okay. So outside looking in, obviously this is not your responsibility. You're not the parent. Outside looking in, how would you describe the living conditions here? If you would have just walked into this house just like we did, never been ever having been here before. seen urine, feal matter, roaches, food on the ground, oils, weird smells, kids with cavities, kids wandering about. How would you describe those living conditions as a reasonable prudent person? Not too well, right? Why are the kids living in these conditions? If I had a straight answer to why there is not dynamic, I would. But I don't, you know, I can see parents that don't get here that that don't get along. So off with this kind of a tension. Do we not get along? Not as a lady. No. They still share a room and share a benefit like you and you're in there. Are they married? >> No, you're not married. Um, she works out of the pair. She works with us. So, he's one homeless. What does he do for work? He is a maintenance guy for McDonald's, but she is a department manager. And now she is being promoted McDonald's. >> Yes. But she's across town versus he is here. >> Okay. So, he has more days off. >> He has what? He has more days off and is home. >> Did he work today? >> No. >> So, what you're saying is it's usually on him to take care of the kids, watch them, feed them, that kind of stuff. More so than her. Okay. How often do you come out of the room and see just dog [ __ ] and piss and all that everywhere all over the house? Cuz I saw at least four or five spots where it's clearly happens constantly and multiple spots where they move more than one. So the spots that I general out to cuz I I don't general out my space that much anymore because of the aggressive or >> I don't know. It it seems to have a dislike. So sometimes it's okay, but then most days she's just >> Yeah. >> All right, Mr. I can't What's your name first name again? >> Nick. >> Nick, can we talk to you again? now. >> Oh, yeah. All right. So, same thing we asked him, you know, obviously, I mean, I've been here a few times, never gone in the house or anything like that, but um outside looking in, having never been here before, if this were you coming to this house for the first time, you know, having seen feal matter, urine, >> I'm not done talking. got fecal matter, urine, roaches, uh discarded food on the on the ground, garbage, all these inanimate objects that are could be hurtful, uh odors and oils and all this stuff outside looking in. How would you describe those living conditions >> right now? I'm looking a little dirty. >> A little dirty. >> That's That's a little dirty is you spilled some coffee on the rug. That's more than a little dirty. You have >> you opened up that door. Flies literally came out of that laundry room door. >> It's an opinionated thing. As far as that would go on what you would consider dirty, what you wouldn't >> consider of feal matter. >> I I get the I get the feal matter and I get I get the pits as far as that goes. As far as that goes, but that that laundry room has been closed since my uh laundry stuff's been shot. Be be that as it may, the bathroom, the master broom where you say the kids sleep and you sleep with your uh girlfriend or whatever it is, right? There's feal matter in the closet there, too. >> There's fe in hers that hasn't been cleaned up yet today. >> And there's no doors on that. >> There's no doors. And there's flies. >> Fal matter in the open living room area where the kids would wander around and be around. >> Playroom. That's the ones from today that just haven't been cleaned up yet. >> Why do they not go outside? >> The dog does go outside. It's usually those are the piles that end up uh prior to waking up. The the point being waking up 7:30. >> Yes. Did you work today? >> No, I totally didn't work today. I had a bunch of running around to do for things. >> So the point being if it's in one room, maybe one little plop, whatever. Like we we go to the house all the time. We understand dogs will be dogs, right? But we see feal matter at several different stages of decomposition throughout the residence, which is disgusting. We see flies all about the residence. I walk in the house, as soon as I walk in, I'm smacked in the face by odors I can't describe. I'm I smell a lot of things every day. Law enforcement. That's one of the worst smelling things I've ever smelled walking into a house. I'm telling you, from my training experience in law enforcement, and I smell dead bodies, that comes pretty close to a dead body. I'm not kidding. So, a little dirty is a I think an understatement here. And then you have you have objects all about the floor that could be a danger to children like which objects? >> You have toys and ladders and tools. You have wet spots that can be slipped on. I'm slipping and sliding on boots walking around the house. >> Knives sitting on the counter. >> Knives on the counter. >> Yes. Like I saw a large pusher knife sitting right there on the counter amongst all the others. >> Should have been Additionally, again, I got to I got to drive this home. Had this child walked up to some pedophile, they would have taken that child and you would have not known for five at least 5 minutes like you said. How far can you drive on Belair in 5 minutes? He can get to 95 and he's out of the county, he's gone forever. We we won't know. We know nothing. I imagine nobody here has cameras or ring cameras. We don't we don't even have a time frame of when he when he's missing. And also, if you can't swim, I don't know about people around this area, but there's plenty of lakes and bodies of water all over Palm Coast, okay? All over the this this section. So, say he would have wandered around, no one would have been outside, he would have gone to a backyard and slipped in, found a pool or found a body of water. He can't swim. >> It happens cuz kids, for some reason, kids are always back to the water and they always jump in there and it always ends up one way >> and 5 minutes of not realizing up At most 5 minutes. I'm not remember it was whether it's 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 4 minutes, whatever it is. >> I gave it the five minute thing cuz I understand 5 minutes is a long time, but I don't know how long he was. >> Yeah, we don't need we're trying to work on figuring that out. But still, we're even 30 seconds, bro. >> Oh, I know. I'm I'm very serious as far as the like them getting out of the house thing. That's why we have the uh dual child lock thing for that door because that door was the issue. But like I said, this one I usually have closed. So out in the garage isn't like as much of a >> Okay. And he's usually hanging around in here, I guess. >> Yeah, that's why I said that that >> look around in here. >> The point of them coming out into the garage isn't so much the thing for me cuz when this thing's closed, >> look around your garage. Is this somewhere you want a 2-year-old to be gallivanting? >> Oh, no. They touch my tools and everything gosh darn. >> But we got to talk about some things and we'll be right back. All right. Hello. How are you? I'm sorry to body. I know you're out making money or whatever the case may be. >> Can you just walk me through uh what what happened while you called >> that house right there my door was trying to open my door and that drive across the street. So I was just like after I opened my door I was like where did you come from? And he obviously doesn't speak any at all yet. So I was just like where's home? I said you better go home. And he started walking right through that garage. So I followed him there and I just said something that like hello like no one was in there and then I went to finish the delivery and go across the street and asked them about it and it just kind of seemed like they didn't want to get involved type deal. So I was like that's kind of weird to me and they didn't know anything about I was like are your parents home at all? They're like I don't know. So I walked back out. We were back across the street already. So I walked him back two more times before I >> he walked back over there >> two times. >> Wow. So for the reason that's small just like >> and I felt bad leaving but I just couldn't stay and I don't know just >> how long roughly would you say that you were >> I was here at least 10 minutes 10 minutes >> yeah with him unsupervised >> you were here within 10 minutes unsupervised >> okay did anybody come out claiming him at any point >> no one >> okay and uh can you describe the child >> I have a video >> you have a video. She's saying she was out with the child for 10 minutes. 10 minutes. The child was kept following her back and forth to that house cuz she was open door to open the back door. >> I don't live around here. I deliver driver >> and that's him walking back to the garage. >> I'll follow him. That's the all the video I got. I wish I got him at the door at my door and everything, but he's got a soil in my drive. This right here. Oh, you just noticed Jup walked you back to the house. >> He walked me back to the house. He didn't say anything to me, like words, cuz he didn't speak. He was just like, "Uh." But he pointed that way and walked directly to that house. >> Hey, how you doing? >> A random 2-year-old just walking in the middle of the street. So, we come here, make contact at your husband, correct? >> No. >> Father, father of kids. >> He's the father of the >> He's the father of the kids. >> Okay. >> We are not together. >> Okay. >> I just No, we're not together. We just try to make ends meet for the sake. >> So, um, somehow whatever he, you know, um, my partners get here, they talk to him and they're like, "Hey, you know, we got this report of the child being out walking the street. Do you mind if we come in and just, you know, make sure the kids are okay and make sure, you know, everything's all right?" And he says, "Yes." They go inside. You live here. You know how these living conditions are deplorable. They're not okay. They're not okay for any child, any adult to live in. There's no AC for a week. There's poop on the floor. >> We've been trying No, we've been trying to work on it and we've been talking to the AC and everything like that. >> The AC part is is not the the biggest thing, but the feces and the urine on the floor and the food everywhere that is is not okay. I understand you work all the time, but you can't just leave your kids in a house that's this deplorable. You have to make sure that you maintain a safe household for the children as well. >> And they do. No, that is not a safe and secure household. Having feces on the floor, having urine on the floor, just I mean just food everywhere. It's completely like the Have you been inside there lately? Cuz I just walked through there after it was cleaned up and it's still >> really bad. >> Cuz when the father of the children realized that, you know, it's now not just a welfare check, like this is not okay. He had the children start to pick up. But even after them picking up, it's still disgusting. It's not okay. >> And I get and I understand what you're saying. I was helping them pick up a little bit today before I had to leave for work. >> Right. But there's literally like I don't know if it's cat poop or dog poop in in the laundry room right by the pile of clothes. There was poop in the in the living room. >> There's urine everywhere. It's it's not yesterday. This is like old. >> How many lives here for, ma'am? >> How many do you live here? How old is your oldest kid? >> 16. >> Okay. And your youngest is two. >> And you have five of them. >> Yes. >> Do you know how to raise children? >> Yes. >> You know that as they're getting older, they get into certain things, open doors, things like that. >> Yes. >> Okay. Do you have a child lock on your front door? >> Yes, I do. >> You have child lock on the rear slider? >> I'm sorry. Do you have child locks for those? >> Yes. >> Do you have a child lock on this door right here for the garage? >> There's a builtin lock. I was going to say we use that >> is a store child lock garage door. >> Okay. Um >> because usually the garage door get taken out to use the bathroom. >> Yes. I let them out anytime I'm home. I swear you >> Okay. When you left this morning, was there any dog poop anywhere in the house? >> No. >> Nowhere. >> No. >> Okay. So, why is there decaying feces in your laundry room? Does a wash and dryer work? >> No, it does not. >> Okay. How do you guys your laundry? >> We take it to the laundry pad over here. >> Okay. There's multiple piles of feces in that in that room. What about the uh open living room, playroom area? >> The playroom? >> That big open space right you walk in the front door. >> The playroom? >> Yeah. >> There wasn't anything there. >> Well, when I show there's multiple piles of PCs. There's urine on the floor and a large oil stain that he said has been there for a while. What is What's with the oil stain? >> There's oil. There's oil sitting on the floor. There's water. There's urine. >> I didn't know that there was oil on the floor. >> But you live there, correct? I'm just >> Yes, I do live here. But I'm telling you, I didn't know that there was oil on the floor. >> When was your last day off work? I work a lot, so I know I'm sure you work a lot. >> Wednesday. >> Wednesday. Okay. Um, do you and him share a bedroom? >> Sadly. >> Okay. Who else sleeps in that bedroom with you, too? >> Me, and my three me, him, and the three youngest. >> The three youngest. Okay. That closet without a door on it, whose closet is that? >> That's mine. >> Okay. What about the pieces on the floor in that closet? And I've been cleaning that up just about damn near every day. No, I did not touch it today before you asked. >> Okay. And that's dog feces. >> So when you pick up the feces, do you not clean the floor as well? >> No, I do clean the floor. >> Okay. So I can see a lot of spots where you might have picked up feces, but >> and I've mopped it. And >> which what's the primary bathroom for the kids? >> Everybody pretty much uses that one, but they both get used. >> Okay. cuz the conditions of that bathroom between the two bedrooms is horid. There's clothes on the floor. I don't know. There's a shower curtain in there. The toilet's gross. There's stuff everywhere. Just Is that not whose problem is it to clean that? >> My two older two cuz that's their bathroom. >> Okay. And then we walk inside the entire countertop, every single inch of counter top was filled with dirty dishes. There were knives left unattended. There was food on the floor spilled everywhere. Taco Bell everywhere on the floor. You just ordered Taco Bell tonight. Did you guys not? I was at work at this point. >> Right. And it's not it's not just So again, like we understand you're the main bread winner. You work all the time. We understand that. But as a parent, >> but apparently a lot of things are going to be >> as right. As a parent, like you still have that responsibility to make sure that whoever is left in control of the children gets a handle. >> All right. >> Okay. Can I ask for what? Don't tense off. >> Then you're all tensing. Stop tensing. >> Okay. I want to know for what? Can I get your explanation? >> No. Nope. >> Why? >> You just go do crazy things just like you just did. >> I'm trying to do crazy things. >> You're being detained >> for >> child neglect. So, right now we have a child in the pendant for several minutes. Okay. >> Yeah. At which point you were completely unaware that that risk. You know, you have five children, so you know how children work. Very you're lucky because one, she's a nice person. Could have been a pedophile. Could have been some weirdo driving around cuz I've seen him. Or he could have just been wandering about by himself. Can't swim. Correct. >> Water by anybody. And >> does he have to come back here? Healthy for my kids. That's not healthy for me. >> Can I ask what has caused your living arrangements for you guys to be living together when you're not in a relationship? because >> he's the primary bread worker of the family. He doesn't work. >> He does work. He does work. He doesn't work as much as he did before. >> Are you guys financially dependent on each other? >> Sadly, and that's the reason you don't. >> That's the only piece of >> It's hard and all that, but >> I mean, it's it's all that it comes down to for the most part. I lost him for like a matter of two couple seconds. I get that's all it takes, but it's not an easy thing to sit there and make sure you're doing everything for all of them all the time. >> Yeah, it's hard to. That's your job as the parent. >> The suspect was arrested for neglect of a child without great bodily harm and obstructing without violence. On top of it all, police have a history with this man. In one case, a child under his care ate marijuana and suffered a seizure. Thank you for watching Cop Cam Nation. Be sure to like and subscribe for more juicy content.