left him in a hotel room and then you
want to get upset with us like this is
our problem that we created. No, no, no.
We didn't create this problem. On
December 6th, 2024, officers were
dispatched to a hotel after receiving
reports that two children, ages 1 and
three, had been left unsupervised in a
hotel room for several hours. He just
got called over here cuz they were
crying. So then he came and didn't want
to leave them alone. So he went and
grabbed to grab Oh, there he is. Hi. Hi.
So, can you tell me what's going on?
Yeah, we got called cuz your kids were
by themselves. Uh, no, they weren't. Who
was here then? My sister was just here.
Okay. They weren't here for the last 30
minutes when the worker came and
checked. So, that's why we're here. Baby
was like grabbing at that he needs a
diaper change. I think I've at least
been here for 12 minutes and the person
who called had been here for some time
before calling. So, this is ridiculous
honestly.
Okay. So, you have to stay in the room
now with me. I'm I'm waiting because you
keep going out there and I need to make
sure these kids are good because you
weren't here for like 30 minutes or no
one was here. An adult was not here for
30 minutes with them. They were both
sleeping. My sister just came out and I
went to the store for 30 minutes. My
sister was here. Ma'am, I'm telling you,
the person who called is someone who
works here. Okay, I understand that. But
they have to do the complete
investigation cuz then they have to
prove that I I was What's your first
name? You need my first and last name.
And what's a good phone number for you?
Okay. Okay. Well, this officer is in
there watching your kids. We'll go in
there and talk to them. Go inside and
watch your children, please. Okay. This
is
Who was the your What's your name? that
was watching
them. How do you spell that? Can you
stay over here, ma'am? I'm I'm trying to
hear what's going on. Anna phone number.
I don't have her phone number. I
literally have a laptop. You see, I
don't have How do you speak to her so
that Facebook? Okay. Can I But I just
gave you her name. I don't have a phone
number. This is I don't even have a
phone. This is all I have. I can show
you that. So, what do you want me to do?
Where does she What's her address?
Hello. Hi there. All right. Hi guys.
What's going on today? You got a good
point there.
They were left unattended. She says just
30 minutes, but it the claims two to
four hours.
For just I got to find somebody who can
talk to me on this side. Here. I'll I'll
you guys can Yeah. Hi, boss.
Mom is in here changing the other one.
So I think is just a mistake. Like she
just can talk to you or something. You
want to switch places?
With the kids. Are they okay? Yeah. So
crazy. Your iPad is in the background.
You don't have a phone? No. How would
how would anyone contact you? What is
Well, I just contact like Are you saying
like how do I communicate with my family
and everyone? Yeah. Let's say I'm trying
to I'm trying to contact you. How would
I contact you? Through Facebook
Messenger. Facebook. All right. And then
do you live here at this hotel? Yeah,
this room. Okay. We were talking to
Dalen. We just want to know the timeline
of what happened. So, what I understood
is Dalen went to the gas station. Can
you start from there? When Dalon left to
the gas station, where were you? I went
outside at first and then I let my
sister in. I was up here for a little
and then I left for about 30 to 40
minutes. Okay. And your sister?
Mhm. Okay. In the room, you physically
saw her in the room with the kids before
leaving? Yes. Okay. And where did you
go? Is this supposed to be like am I
going to be arrested? Like what's going
on? I'm just trying to figure out what
happened right now. We walked into a
room where kids are by themselves. I'm
just trying to figure out what's going
on. Like 30 minutes, but I understand.
And were they Was one of them sleeping?
Neither one of them was sleeping. Okay.
Cuz she just checked on the war. She was
sleeping. But yeah, I I I think I've
explained enough to the other officers.
So, I've already had DCFS call on me
before and I know how this [ __ ] goes.
I'm the investigating officer. anyone
that's going to be typing up stuff that
happened. So, can you just tell me what
happened? I was gone for 30 to 40
minutes. Okay. And you left. Was your
sister in the room? Mhm. Okay. She comes
She's, you can see on the cameras, she
comes here frequently. She showers here.
Does she have her own room key to the
door? No, she would need mine. She has a
key to get in through the doors, but my
door is currently off. That's how you
guys were able to get in. You left and
then Where did you You left. And where'd
you go? I went back down through this
way. Okay. You you stayed in the hotel?
No, I left 30 to 40 minutes. Okay. Where
did you go? I went to make an errand.
Where would that be? In Elgen. Elgen to
be very specific. I would like to know
where you went. Yes. I went to go handle
some business somewhere close to here.
Where is it? It's about 15 minutes at at
the most away. Did you drive there? No,
I had a ride. You had a ride. Who'd you
ride with? I think it's You happen to
have a last name? No. Yeah, it was
requested for me. Is that like an Uber
service or who requested that for you?
my sister. Do you know is right now? No,
I don't. Probably at work. Okay. What
time does she usually go to work? She
has different shifts. They rotate and
it's peak season, so I don't know. You
left here to go run an errand. You got a
ride from someone. Mhm. And you don't
you don't want to tell me where that is.
I just It's a little personal, so I
don't really Okay. Feel the the need to
express it, but I just want I I honestly
just want to know what's going on. So
like I can know if you guys are
trying before, so I could just
let my mom know and call my grandma. So,
I just want to know what it's like. How
long ago did Dalon leave the uh hotel?
I'm not sure because I was still here.
Okay. And then you left How long ago,
you said? Well, now it's probably way
longer than 30 to 40 minutes, right? Cuz
I've been here about what? How long were
you gone? 25 minutes. I was gone for up
to 40 minutes. When did you meet up with
Dalen? Cuz you guys walked in here
together. I called him as soon as I was
on my way back. I thought neither one of
you had a phone. Did you see me coming
with a laptop? You called him on a
laptop. He has an iPad. Neither one of
us don't have a phone. And where did you
guys meet up at? Outside like outside
the hotel. Mhm. So, we have to take the
kids to the hospital. So, am I going
with my kids? Well, we are taking them
to the hospital so that they can get
medically evaluated and then we're going
to have to contact DCFS to see what they
want to do from that point. I can't tell
you what DCF So, you're telling me
you're taking my kids away from me? They
are going to the hospital to be checked
out because the information that we've
been provided is that they've been left
there for several hours since before
2:00. So, we have an obligation to make
sure that the kids are safe medically
cared for. That time frame, really any
time frame with kids that age is not
acceptable. But when we're talking 3
plus hours, that's that's a problem. So,
we have to make sure that they're okay.
They have to be examined by a medical
professional. I don't feel that am I not
given the right to go with my kids to
the hospital? Well, that's one thing
we're going to be kind of talking about
at just one just one second. Say you
call her on your uh laptop. Let them do
their thing and you can get you can have
your laptop and you can call, text,
however you need. Deja, can you stay out
here? Call your mom or call someone.
Take our kids. You're going to take our
kids. So So again, I not make this any
more complicated than need. The kids are
going to the hospital to get checked out
by a medical professional because our
investigations reveal that they've been
left here alone since 1:30 p.m. which is
completely unacceptable. We have an
obligation to make sure that the kids
are in a good medical condition. And so
we are going to make sure that they're
examined at a hospital and we're going
to call DCFS for further direction.
That's that's what it is. So, do we get
our kids back after the We're going to
have to call DCF. DCFS is going to make
that determination. We're gonna have to
call DCFS and I'm supposed to like trust
that you guys are gonna You can trust
us. Believe me, we will do a good job of
of making sure that your kids are cared
for. Okay? And and again, you can't even
come with him. I don't have a cell
phone. How you going to tell me what's
going on on the updates with my
daughter? We'll be with you. But one
thing I will tell you is although you're
upset and frustrated, cooperation is
going to be very important to make sure
that this is a smooth process. If you
want if you want your kids back, then
you need to cooperate. I already went
through this [ __ ] before. I'm going to
try to reiterate what the officer was
saying. All right. On behalf of the
Elgen Fire Department, we have to make
sure that the kids are well taken care
of. I'm Captain Walzac with the with the
department. You You've got my name. I
can give you all the contact information
you need. I believe one of the officers
are going to be remaining. So, we're
going to have ways. I understand your
phone's not working. The city's going to
provide you with an officer so that they
can relay information. And so, you don't
know like how long like we do. It's
literally up to DCF again. We're going
to make because of a other case, they
might just take my daughter. Yeah, that
sounds good. Wow. Are you serious? They
literally came in here and like
literally cleared them and said that
they look healthy and they're going to
confirm that [ __ ] at the hospital. DCFS
is going to make a determination on what
we do. I'm not going to say that they're
going to take the kids away from you.
They may give the kids back to you
tonight, but we have a process that we
need to to go through. And it's
imperative that you guys don't obstruct
or make this any more difficult than it
needs to be because again, we have to
report to DCFS.
Well, hold on one second. I just need to
get my iPad. I'm not going to
be under your unless you're cool enough.
We have an officer coming up to follow
them to the hospital. So we should have
an
S
contact on my iPad. I I have not You'll
get a chance. Yeah, we'll take Why don't
you come on out here with us in the
hallway? Why does he need to go in the
hallway? She needs to talk to these
officers. Come on, please. We'll let you
make a phone call. You're making this
more
complicating is making you guys take my
kids. No, don't say [ __ ] else because
this is Go in the hallway now. Okay. In
the hallway. No, no, no. It's okay. I'm
going. I'm going. I'm going. I'm going.
I'm going. For what?
Just put them on your back. For what?
For what? Me? No. I had my sister here.
She wasn't here. The video shows she
wasn't here. Okay. You can't lie with
the video. I don't give a You guys had
to see everything. Okay. From beginning
to see how many people enter these
doors. Okay. I did. Okay. I did. Okay.
There was
no Did you guys call them yet? We were
calling them. We're dealing with you
guys first. What? Please. They're taking
me to jail. For what? For endangering
me. No. Please, bro. No. That's
[ __ ] It's [ __ ] It is [ __ ]
What's [ __ ] is leaving your kids?
No. No. You guys cannot do this [ __ ]
You came into our hotel. We were called
here. We didn't come here because we
just decided to stroll in here. We were
called by the hotel because you made a
bad decision to leave your kids home
alone. That's what it was done. That's
not You can make excuses all you want,
but the reality is is you committed a
crime and we have an obligation to make
sure that your kids are okay. If you
think it's okay to leave your kids in a
in a hotel room by themselves for 3
hours, if you think that that's okay,
that's a rational thing in your head,
then you have some serious problems
because we have probable cause to
believe that these kids were left
unattended in a hotel room at age 2 and
four, which is completely unacceptable
under any circumstance. One and four.
One and three. Sorry. one in three left
them in a hotel room and then you want
to get upset with us like this is our
problem that we created. No, no, no. We
didn't create this problem. We are now
forced to deal with it because you guys
made a bad decision. And I'm not trying
to talk down to you or belittle you. But
there there is a point in time when we
need to take some self responsibility
for our actions. And this is unaccept.
And when unacceptable things happen and
criminal law is broken, we have an
obligation as the police to do what we
need to do. We care about your kids. We
want to make sure your kids are safe.
Leaving kids alone for a 3 plus hour
period is not acceptable. There are
resources available to help you. You
guys don't even have like this is crazy.
So even when we're inside and out,
right? I leave for 5 minutes. I'm asking
I'm asking what is the consecutive time
that I have to be? There is no set
timeline. It's what's reasonable. So if
I leave for 10 minutes and I go outside,
smoke a blunt and I come back in, that's
unacceptable. It depends on the
circumstances. That's not the
circumstances we're dealing with right
now. The circumstances we're dealing
with are that the kids were left alone
for 3 plus hours. So that you guys took
my kids. So now how am I like this is
crazy. So someone's going to stay with
me the whole night and make sure they're
going to tell me update with my
daughter. That's not the plan. So what's
the plan? We're going to be with you so
that if you have questions about what
what's going on, we're going to share
that. What's the plan? The plan is
you're going to be going down to the
police station with us to address this.
Jayen, I'm getting arrested, too. Yes,
you both are because they they're saying
that they have evidence. The judge will
see everything. I've already had this
this exact same thing going on. And
we're not saying you're guilty of
anything. We're saying we have probable
I know you're guilty until proven. We're
saying you have probable cause for your
arrest for endangering the life and
health of a child. Actually, two counts
because there's two children involved.
That's what I'm telling you. I'm not I'm
not trying to tell you that you're
guilty of anything. That's for the
courts to decide. But we have an
obligation when innocent children are
involved in a case that we have to do
everything line by line to the book. And
I would not be doing your children a
service if I just left them here with
you and said, you know, let's try and do
better. It doesn't work that way,
unfortunately. Now, DCFS is going to ask
us for photos of the conditions that we
found the kids in. Can we take pictures
for their purposes? I'm saying that the
DCFS want to see the see if my kids are
okay. They can't see them by the
pictures. They're not going to come
here. They're going to go to the
hospital. Okay. Then they can see them
at the hospital. But no, they can't take
photos. They're not taking photos of my
my children. No. No. No. I'm I'm talking
about the conditions of your apartment.
You cannot take pictures of No, my
apartment. You don't want me to? No. I
mean, it's for the most part, it's not
that bad, but it it documents the
conditions at the time that we were
here. Okay. So, so you're asking to take
permission of photos? Yeah. Okay. No,
you can't. Okay. They said that we left.
Yes. So, they took both the babies away
from us and took them to the hospital
right now. And now they're trying to
charge me and Den with child
endangerment. What is the process from
here? I'm going to be taken to the
police station, booked and processed,
and then we'll go from there.
So, you guys witnessed my door lock,
right? And you have it on camera like
that my kids stuff is safe. Yeah. I
mean, it's locked in there, of course,
but you guys were already in the room.
So, I just want to make sure that no one
else can get in and take any of my
children's or my management can get it.
So, the charge that I'm being arrested
for is child endangerment and their
father's being charged with the same
thing. Yes. Even though it's my hotel
room and I stay there. You both are the
parents, aren't you? When you run my
name, are you able to see like if I've
been charged with anything? Yep. It's on
here. So, can you inform me of what I've
been charged with beside today? No. The
police officer can put a charge on you,
right? But it has to be the judge is the
one that makes the ultimate
determination, right? Jury or judge. I
think I'm learning something. I didn't
know that. I just I've normally had
judges every court case I had. So, and
to think I wanted to join police
academy. This [ __ ] is crazy, man.
This is crazy in this. Better to join
them cuz you can't beat them in this
world. Both individuals were charged
with two counts of child endangerment.
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