Parents Arrested in Slidell After Leaving 5 Month-Old Unattended in a Running Vehicle

Slidell Police has reported the arrest of the parents of a 5 month-old after they left the child inside their vehicle, unattended, while they shopped inside Walmart. 

An alert citizen noticed the infant alone and unattended inside the running vehicle in the parking lot and quickly notified a Slidell Police officer who was working a detail at Walmart about the situation. The parents arrived back at the car and stated they had only been inside Walmart for a brief five minutes (Surveillance footage revealed that the parents left the child unattended for approximately thirteen minutes) and that they were unaware they couldn't leave their child unattended inside their vehicle. 

Both parents were subsequently arrested and charged with Child Desertion. Custody of the infant was released to a responsible grandparent to be cared for. The child was not injured.

𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘺, 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳.