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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. Share your thoughts below and remember to like and subscribe for more videos.
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