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On March 25th, 2025, officers were dispatched to a Publix parking lot after receiving reports of a young child left alone inside a vehicle. Hello, what is your emergency? Um I'm at the Publix supermarket. There's a baby that's been left in a car. There's basically a crowd gathering around the car and I There's no adults there. Is the vehicle running? No. Is the window >> is unlocked. Uh well, the car is unlocked cuz some other concerned people have opened the doors on the car. I need a 10-39. Vehicle's open. Child 77. Hi Bobby. All right. >> Glad to hear that. >> [screaming] >> I guess I came across a baby in the car. I'm in the vehicle. Okay. in Publix here. Okay. >> [screaming] >> Okay. >> [crying] >> Who's associated with the vehicle? Nobody. We've been looking for the person. So, none of you guys are related to this vehicle? We just all heard a baby Okay. That's my car. >> [screaming] >> Okay. Okay. 119, what's the RO 10-43? We're not going to be 10-12 with the child's parents at this time. Hi there. Hi there. Hi there. >> [crying] [screaming] >> Let's get you out of here. I know. >> [clears throat] >> I know. >> [screaming] >> I know. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. 119, I've ran tried a couple different ways. I'm not getting anything to come out of the car. >> [snorts] >> It's okay. It's okay. You were burning up. You were burning up. Yeah. Yeah. It's okay. Is this your car? Yeah. Okay, you can stand in the front of my car for right now. It's okay. It's okay. I got you. Hey, I told you to stand in the front of my car. 111 Victor unit 77 >> Walk to the front of my car. Hey, hey, hey, that's not a suggestion. Walk to the front of my car. No, I'm staying. No, you're not going to tell me no. You're going to walk to the front of my car. Walk to the front of my car. It's right there. 119 Right here. Right here. I'm talking to you right here. Are you the one that alerted people? Uh yeah. This is not a family dollar. team and then we just saw My mom saw it happen. Okay, so you guys you guys were parked here? Okay. Um how long was it before you guys called and we got here? Um as soon as we parked my mom like went around to cuz she saw I see something moving. I see what is that? When I saw him I said it's a baby. I just went to the front to see Yeah, nothing. Okay. Um can we get your ID to get you guys information? Which Did she come make contact with you guys when you called her over the loud speaker? No, sir. She just came out? I don't know. No one came out till we tried to page for the Ford Fusion and then of course then the last night person came out. >> Can you do me a favor? Based off of what she's wearing, is there any way that you can maybe go and look at the cameras to maybe see what time she came in the store. I know it might be a little bit of a back back search, but we just want to make sure the time frame of how long that kid was in there because I don't know if you saw when he came out. The kid had like a thick winter sweater on and he was bundled up. Right. Well, and then by the time I came out here then that gentleman had called the had called y'all. Okay. But I'll If y'all could just check that, I I'd appreciate it. I can do that. All right. Thank you. Officers reviewed surveillance footage from Publix which showed the suspect exiting her vehicle with the total time between events being approximately 30 minutes. Probably not unless they I didn't know how they were going to go with it cuz like if there was anything where like you have to go to the hospital then probably, but if he's not going to go to the hospital they probably won't come out. >> I can't I can't say no. So, I mean with us not knowing how long he was in there and you know kid basically being abandoned Yeah, for sure. like I would have to especially if he's under y'all's care and not the if he's not going back to the parent the parent can't refuse so it's something whether or not he goes. Okay. I'm going to give I'm going to give Tyler a call. As officers struggled to understand the situation due to a language barrier, one of the paramedics on scene who spoke Creole stepped in to assist with translation. Okay. So, she said that baby was sleeping. That she kind of she went in the grocery store didn't want to wake the baby up. Cuz he's sleeping. Wait, something carried super light. I didn't say guilty. It was a white square in there just that big bag itself. Did you ask her how long she was in the store for? No. She says she says she doesn't know how how how Yeah, since you came in to buy buy things She didn't even get a chance to buy. She came back out here to see if the baby That's what she was saying. So, she doesn't have a time. Can you do me a favor? Can you tell her that I'll be transporting her to the hospital for the baby? Then she can't drive this car. Okay. You're taking baby to the Well, the baby's going yeah, to the hospital. But I'm going to be taking her in my car. Okay. hospital. Yeah, yeah, we're following you. Thank you. The reason why you can't drive this car is cuz you don't have a license. You don't have a valid Florida license at all. You gave us a kind of ID. I'm taking the baby camera. Well, we're we're following for the baby. And then I'm taking her. Ah, okay. All right. You have the keys to the car? Yeah, clear from my [ __ ] The keys Where is it? Put that. You can show me. Hold on. Where is it? Is that Those are the keys right there? Where? Okay, go ahead. Go ahead. The keys. Okay. You can come back here. Do you have anything on you? Do you have anything on you? Put your hands right here. Your hands right there. I'm going to check you. Are we doing anything with this car? We're going to We're going to secure it for now. Yeah, the entire base wasn't even strapped in. But this is just pissing me off more. >> I know, bro. I know. The child was transported by Polk County EMS to Lakeland Regional Hospital for further medical evaluation, where staff determined the child was slightly dehydrated and had a soiled diaper, but was otherwise in stable condition. The mother was later taken into custody and charged with child neglect without bodily harm. Share your thoughts in the comments below, and don't forget to like and subscribe.

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