What's up? You can't leave a kid in the
car. How long you been in there?
>> We just left enough. Just left.
>> How long you been in there, though?
>> Like just kind of got here. He's 2 years
old. Yeah, he's 2 years old.
>> Go and get all their information and
then we'll call C and let them know what
we got. And
>> Okay.
>> Um,
>> it was 25 minutes.
>> 25 minutes.
>> The time stamp based off when y'all went
in there and based off when we were here
and the based off when we got the call,
it's about 30 minutes.
>> Oh, no. We went in there on no 30
minutes. I can promise that.
>> It's April 3rd, 2025 in Augusta,
Georgia. What started as an ordinary
afternoon at an auto salvage yard
quickly turned into a child
investigation after employees discovered
something alarming in the parking lot.
Sitting alone inside a parked vehicle
was a three-year-old child while the
adults responsible for him were nowhere
in sight.
>> Hey, how's it going?
>> Is that a name that come back on the
tag?
>> Yeah, but it didn't they didn't come
back with any info on there. What's your
mommy's name? Who brought you here?
Mommy or daddy?
Mommy or daddy brought you here?
Oh, you're only two, so you don't know
very well. I get it, buddy.
>> Please not.
>> Well, depending on how long they say
they were here, they're about to go to
jail.
>> Yeah. I don't even know how long it was.
I mean, once we see who they are, we can
have a system that we can go back into
and see when they check in.
>> Just because.
>> Yeah.
>> Because
>> you can't leave a 2-year-old just
sitting in the car.
>> Exactly.
And one of our
rules here is anybody under 16 can't go
in the yard. So, if you and your spouse
is here, it means one of y'all should
have stayed in the car with him.
>> That's true.
And
>> it bothers me more.
>> Yeah, I have four.
>> What you trying to do, baby?
>> I have four at home. But I don't have
any
>> mommy phone.
>> Is that mommy or daddy's phone, buddy?
>> Yeah. I don't know the pen.
So, yeah.
I don't know. He was just in it.
And see his stuff like this. The phone
don't lock up. What if he would have got
out the car,
>> right?
about
the reason.
>> What's up? You can't leave a kid in the
car. How long you been in there?
>> We just left in there. Just left in
there.
>> How long you been in there though?
>> Like just came got here.
>> Just got here.
>> Yeah, we just got here.
>> I can't take him in. They won't let me
bring him in.
>> But he can't be by himself in the car.
>> All right. Cuz we about done now. We
paying for the stuff. I have defects
calling me now.
>> I had to have defects call me cuz I got
called out here.
>> Oh god.
>> As employees searched for the parents
and deputies responded to the scene,
investigators would soon uncover details
that made the situation even harder to
explain.
>> Yeah. And then we'll figure out what's
going to go on whether or not what
defect says. So, it's been how long?
>> Yo, we just went in. We just paid for
our thing. Like literally just
I am still in a hole right now. Like
>> we literally just went in. Yes, it's
kind of everything you
>> How long would you say about a
roundabout?
>> About about five minutes. We just went
in with him about 5 minutes.
>> Well, we'll have to wait to see what
defax is cuz they're making me have
defects call me up. So,
>> I've been giving him water because he
was sweating kind of bad when I got out
here and I wasn't. I had to run in there
and grab some of some back headlights. I
had to hurry up and go in there and grab
Kenny girl. I said, "God damn
want some."
>> What is he doing? Sitting in here
playing on something?
>> Well, I don't know what he was doing
when they the customer observed him in
here, but when I came in here, he was
sitting on the floor and his face was
like dirty. I don't know if he was
trying to
>> You all right? You good?
Here you go. Want some more?
>> Oh man.
>> I'm waiting for them to call.
>> Come on. Cuz Lord,
>> you got your ID on you so I can just put
in for cuz I got to do report regardless
either way.
Hello.
>> Got no brake fluid.
>> Pull park ain't got no damn brake
fluids. All right.
You
>> good?
>> Yeah. I've never dealt with this before.
So So the windows were down. The kid was
in the car in the back seat. He's 2
years old. He said he was only in there
for like five minutes. Him and the and
the wife or whatever. Only in there for
five minutes.
>> Um
>> in the junkyard itself.
>> Yeah, in the junk.
>> Give me a fair, boss. Give us a second.
Okay. I appreciate you.
>> U for like 5 minutes. 5 10 minutes. The
lady out here said she was out here for
at least 10 minutes giving the kid
water.
>> Um
>> the windows were down.
>> Windows were down and everything.
>> Still hot. He's 2 years old.
>> Yeah, he's 2 years old.
>> Go and get all their information and
then we'll call C and let them know what
we got. And
>> um
>> it was 25 minutes.
>> 25 minutes.
>> 25 minutes. We We need to get hers, too.
I'll get her information as well.
>> Yeah. You want to say? So, you get
theirs and I'll get theirs and we'll go
from there.
>> Okay. And then um what was I going to
say? Oh, and uh they really don't care
about this anyway because he was like,
"Well, can you hurry this up because I
got to go pick up my other kid from
school?" Yep. So, I was like, "Okay."
>> You know, there are certain calls where
the facts start looking bad before
officers even arrive. Employees had
already located a three-year-old child
sitting alone in a vehicle while they
tried to figure out where the adults
responsible for him had gone. According
to witnesses, an unknown customer was
actually the person who first pointed
out the unattended child. And when
deputies arrived, they weren't walking
into a misunderstanding. They were
walking into a situation that multiple
people had already recognized as a
problem.
>> Take away.
>> Let's get a hold of the mom first and
then we'll go from there.
He doesn't know how to spell his name.
>> Where is the kid's mom at?
>> Uh, at the house. Should be at the
house.
>> What? Where is that at?
>> Uh, De Man.
>> I got you.
>> 7. What the address is? 7.
>> Do you know her phone number?
>> You need me to call?
>> How old are you, ma'am?
>> 25.
>> 25. Y'all boyfriend and girlfriend?
>> Mhm.
>> Okay.
>> We had just picked my I got to go pick
my daughter up for school. I had my son
with me all day.
>> Okay. I'm late getting my daughter now.
>> Well, that that's that's going to be
we'll figure that out in a second. But
what y'all did so the time stamp based
off when y'all went in there and based
off when we were here and the based off
when we got the call is about 30
minutes.
>> Oh, no. We weren't in on no 30 minutes.
I can promise that.
>> They gave us the print out of when you
guys went in.
>> We weren't in there on no 30 minutes.
Hell no.
>> The time clock what they got don't don't
lie when you go in there. Okay.
>> But anyway, either any amount of time of
leaving a 2-year-old in a car,
especially around this neighborhood, is
not and the heat. We asked that same
lady before we went in there.
>> Can I bring my son in? She said no. I
said, can he stand right here? She said
no.
>> Well, then you shouldn't have went in is
what I'm trying to tell you.
>> I had to hurry up and get get the pause
for my car.
>> I understand. But we got to look out for
your children first and foremost. Okay.
>> All right.
>> So, he's going to get her information.
>> Yeah. What's mom's phone number?
that 706
>> 832.
>> At this point, deputies are trying to
understand the decision-making process
here, and the answers aren't helping.
McBride reportedly told deputies he had
only been gone for about 10 minutes
because children weren't allowed inside
the business. The problem is that
employees told a very different story,
saying he had been inside for more than
20 minutes. And honestly, neither
explanation sounds great when the
temperature is sitting around 88 degrees
and feeling even hotter. If children
aren't allowed inside, somebody stays
with the child.
>> Mhm. Okay. I'm going to give her a call.
>> While he's doing that, just walk right
over here for me real quick.
>> Yes, sir.
>> I appreciate you.
>> If you would, I'm going to hold that for
you real quick.
>> All right. Who is that? I'm going to
jail. Who is that you're calling? I
don't know right yet, but right now, we
are going to detain you real quick. Put
your hands behind your back. Put your
hands together. I I ain't going to jail
him, man.
>> We'll figure it out the minutes,
>> baby. We wasn't even in there that long.
>> I understand. Give me a second.
>> I ain't got no warrants or nothing,
though. Do I?
>> All right. We weren't even in there no
>> Listen to me real quick. I don't want to
upset your kid.
>> Let us get this figured out and we'll go
from there.
>> So, I'm really straight. I'm just
detained.
>> Well, no. You might be going to jail. I
don't know yet. Okay.
>> What? I'm about to go to jail for
>> for your child being left alone in the
car by
>> we
>> I got you.
>> But we wasn't in there no 30 minutes.
Officer,
>> you can't leave your childhood like
that.
>> Can I can Okay. Call my baby mama. Is
that baby mama?
>> I wasn't in there that long. Officer,
>> is that baby mama?
>> Please. I wasn't even in there alone.
>> He's trying to put your feet in for me
real quick.
>> I wasn't in there alone.
>> Understand? I understand. We're going to
talk to you.
>> Hey, this was in your pocket. I'm
putting it over here. Okay.
Well, here I'm going to give that to
you.
>> I got you.
>> Give me one second. Okay.
>> Okay.
>> I need I need you go stand right over
there for me. Okay. Hey,
>> when you pull apart the ship, sir.
>> Ma'am,
>> this is Sergeant McKenzie. Um, how long
before you can get here?
>> Um, it'll take me like um 20 minutes.
Where are you at?
>> I'm at work right now. Get me a ride.
Arby's on Gordon Highway.
>> Arby's at Gordon Highway. I tell you
what's going to happen. Um, I'll send
somebody to come get you. Okay.
>> Okay.
>> What is your name?
>> Daniel Robinson.
>> Do you have like if I get somebody to
come get you, can you get somebody to
meet you down here?
>> Yes. I'm going to tell my Rogers just to
meet me down there. He was going to come
get me from work, but I just meet me
down there.
>> All right. That that'll work. Uh,
your your last name is Miss Robinson,
right?
>> Yes, sir.
>> 104. I appreciate you. All right, we
we'll be we'll be there shortly. I'm
going just look for a Martin unit coming
to get you. Okay.
>> Okay.
>> All right. Bye.
>> I'm going to put her in your car. You
can put there a couple. You can put them
in. Okay.
>> Hey, buddy. Did
>> you already get his?
>> I did.
>> I Yeah, I only got
>> Let me Let me put these on.
>> Hold on. Let me lock these.
>> You want to lock on?
>> Yeah. I don't want you to get I want
this to happen.
>> No. No. I just don't want them.
>> We're double locking them so they don't
They don't tighten up.
>> I don't want them to tighten up on you.
>> Want me to get the baby?
>> I'm going to hang out with
>> He said he had to use the bathroom. He
got to
>> Sorry,
>> P. I love you, too. I'm putting you in
this car anyway.
You're going in this car with him.
Oops. Sorry.
>> Ain't no way he was in on no
>> mama.
>> I thought my mama.
>> What the [ __ ]
>> Hi.
>> Hey. How you doing?
>> I'm Elliot's mom.
>> All right. So, what happened was is they
went
Ma'am.
>> Ma'am.
>> Hey.
>> All right. So, your son came here with
his son.
>> Yeah.
>> Left him in the car for approximately 30
minutes and the staff saw everything.
They got a time stamp of when your son
came in here.
>> Yes.
>> And from the time we got the call and
then they come walking out after we were
here. So, a 2-year-old does not need to
be left unattended inside the car. So,
his mama's coming to get the baby. I
understand he wants to turn the car over
to you. They're both going to be charged
with misdemeanor to contributing to the
links of a minor. Okay.
>> Okay.
>> So, that's what happened.
>> So, y'all taking both homes?
>> Yes, ma'am.
>> Yes, ma'am. Just this day and age, you
can't leave a 2-year-old in the car by
themselves. So, and it was it wasn't for
like a minute or two and they're like
right there. It was they went inside the
junkyard for approximately 30 minutes.
They're trying to say it was 5 minutes,
but we we got we have a ticket. When
they go in, they get timestamped.
>> Yeah.
>> So, that's why we're able to do that.
So, based off that determination, we
don't want to lock anybody up.
>> I know.
>> But we we have to.
>> I know. I know.
>> So, that's where we're at. Um, Corporal
Chelada.
Hey.
>> Yes.
>> You got a notepad. Let me write her
information down.
>> My love.
>> What? He wasn't even in there no 30
minutes.
>> He's been saying that. But again, we
have the time stamp. Do you have your ID
with you? We
>> can talk to him. I can talk to him.
>> Give us one second. And before we go,
I'll let you do that.
>> Hey,
there we go.
>> Where you trying stuff at,
>> man? Will you do me a favor?
>> Just cut that from real quick. Hey, I'm
going to shut this for you.
>> Let you say you got everything.
>> Roll this down for me.
>> Yep.
>> I I'm going help you out. You good?
>> Okay.
>> Yeah, I got money on my time, Mom.
>> You know, I'm on federal probation, so
you got to get me out ASAP.
>> Why y'all ain't call?
>> Where's your stuff at?
>> Uh, the officers got my phone.
>> Okay. Where's your card and stuff?
>> It's on the phone. You got
>> Hey, you want to get mama your phone?
You got password on there?
>> I got I got a password on mine.
>> Which one is you?
>> Uh, I'm the clear one. Do you want you
want to get both in the phones?
>> Yeah. You too. Yeah. My money on our
chime.
>> I think I think99
>> and my code is 7474
>> 74749.
>> Go to barber house and get that get my
thing out that top drive. Get my gang.
>> You guys I barber house in the room that
I'm in. Get my phone.
>> Step one out, darling. So, if you get a
notepad real quick, we'll get all our
info.
>> Of course.
>> All right. You bet. You baby's fine. We
had him inside. We gave him water and
all. So, the staff called us.
>> They basically went inside pull apart
for about 30 minutes and they left him
sitting right there. Now, the windows
are down, but they left a 2-year-old.
He's two, right?
three.
>> They left him in the car and they while
they were in there, they're saying they
were only in there 5 minutes, but they
>> It's him and somebody else,
>> his girlfriend.
>> So,
>> like he could have left her in the car.
>> Exactly. So, they said they were only
there 5 minutes, but see, when you go
inside here, they they give you a
ticket, they time stamp it,
>> right?
>> So, the staff said it was 25, 30
minutes. So, that's a little much.
>> And who was in front of my son? He was
just like in there by himself.
>> By himself.
>> Is that important for
>> So, these the staff has been very
pleasant. They giving him water and toys
and stuff. So, she's going to get all
your info.
>> Do you have an idea on you by chance?
>> I do. Nice.
>> It's okay. So, Diamond is your first
name. Is it Robinsson?
>> R O B I N S O N.
>> Thank you for
>> Come on, little man.
>> I'm good. Mama's here. Come on.
>> This is uh Captain with the sheriff's
office. Um, we've been trying to get in
touch with somebody from the def.
>> Here, hold my hand.
>> Hey, you barefooted. Come on. Yeah.
>> My windows down. Hey.
>> Hey, Ty. Hey. Come on, baby.
Come on. Mama's over there. Right here.
Hey, man. Hey.
Hello.
Hey man,
ran over.
>> I did not win over, man. You didn't
>> I didn't
roll the window up. Roll the window up.
>> Oh, I'm good. I'm good. I'm good.
>> No, you ain't good.
>> You want your chip? I knew you did.
>> I knew you did.
>> All right. Hey,
>> get his name and date of birth, too, cuz
he didn't know his how to spell his name
and his date of birth.
D E M A R I
>> M A R I
>> Ask her if she has any case.
>> I did. She She said uh
>> she said she did before another child's
death, but that got closed out like two
years ago. She said she has nothing
going on right now.
>> Do you know whether or not
she is primary? I'm put my
>> I did not ask that question, but I would
imagine based off what he was telling me
that she's probably primary and they
just kind of go back and forth.
>> Okay.
>> Ma'am,
do you have custody of the child?
>> So, he just basically just helps out
every now and then. Is there any
anything court ordered where you have
like agreements or anything like that?
>> No, sir.
>> Okay.
>> Yes, sir.
>> All right. Well, you're good to go.
>> All right.
>> Thank you. According to the Richmond
County Sheriff's Office, Elliot McBride
was arrested after deputies responded to
a report of a three-year-old child left
unattended inside a vehicle outside Pull
Aart in Augusta. McBride was charged
with deprivation of a minor and
transported to the Charles B. Webster
detention center. Investigators noted
that temperatures at the time were
approximately 88° with a heat index that
felt closer to 91°.
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