on May 21st 2024 in Ohio officers were called to a hospital parking lot after a staff member heard screaming and crying from inside a parked car turns out it wasn't just the radio there were two small children left alone inside after a solid hour of being abandoned someone finally called 911 by the time officers showed up the mom was already gone but don't worry she eventually decided to stroll into the police station to explain herself let's see how that worked out for her I'll clean up okay yeah they keep thinking it's a toy no worries so all right let's have and seat okay so what happened today so I went to deliver food to the Cleveland Clinic on gastroenterology so um I got there I parked in the front next to the B and um the guy the door greeter guy so I rolled my windows down I kept the air on um I went down to my car four times within the 10 minutes that I was there and because I had to keep bringing like food up to the second floor and then there was a window upstairs that looked down on my car so I twice I looked so the last time I was up there um well actually let me backtrack so the second time I went down for food this nurse she said um I'll just stand here by your car because I see your kids are in the car and I said you don't have to do that I mean I appreciate but you don't have to do that like I can see them when I go up cuz I'm right by the window and I said um the valet guys right there I said they're fine but okay so then the last time I went up this lady came and this nurse and she said I just want to let you know that lady that said she was going to stand by your car she said they're going to call the cops on you if you don't hurry up and go downstairs and I was like okay so then I I I look out the window I see there's a man standing by the car this time which I was just looking 2 minutes ago and so I'm like well what the hell so I I walked down took me like 30 seconds to walk down and I said can you please get away from my car I don't know where you're R in my car and he said well you know it's illegal to leave your kids in the car and I said um I was told by lak police that you can be within 25 ft of your vehicle as long as you know you can see your kids and it's not a problem and I heard another lady from clevand Clinic calling the cops and I said I don't think I've done anything wrong so I'm going to call so I called W like and she's like well you know I don't know if it's illegal or not but you're you still shouldn't do it and I said okay well I had to bring the food and drop it off so um I said I'm just going to come down here because maybe I'm misinformed maybe like would disinform Me Maybe I I don't know but I'm pretty angry because there was like three or four people by my car acting like I just left my kids all let me ask you this so the windows were down mhm car was running the air was on the air was on which means the engine was on or yes okay okay let me well hold on change that let let him talk let him finish well it was on for half the time basically because she the keys in the car yes okay shut it off yeah she shut the car off Midway climb into the front she got out of her seat belt yeah I saw her get out of her seat belt when get from the the first floor to whatever floor you were delivering on um I took the elevator okay could you see them when could you see them when you were in the elevator not in the elevator no when I walked past by the window when I left the elevator okay so so there was like a 60c period each time do you think that's a problem since the kid the kids like one of them could clim from the back seat to the front seat now here's didn't mean to interrupt you so here no you're not at all windows are down mhm kids are in there bunch of people come up to the car correct yeah what would have stopped any of them from getting into the car the running car and driving away with your kids well I assumed the valet guy and the nurse that said you know them no I didn't know them I had talked to them for like 30 seconds or I talked to the nurse for like a couple minutes because she you know but this was already after you left the car yes and then had come back yes what for the children not 100% safe but I didn't think that it would be detrimental I guess like would it have been detrimental if the kids crawled out of the window into a parking lot a busy parking lot M there's a lot of cars around they walk between car or someone the kid could have walked out someone might not have been able to see him would that have been detrimental detrimental yeah it yes and in that case I would have called the police well yeah then then we're reacting to something that you created right okay right like this could be like we don't have to do all that if you just either find someone to watch the kids while you're working or you got to figure it out you had the kids right well normally they come with me and I've never had a problem I've been doing this two years I have never had a problem so you're saying you regularly leave them in the car my friend normally comes with me my friend Michaela she normally comes but um you know I didn't want to bother her and I have never had a problem with my kids in the car he cannot get out of his seat at all because he is still in you know the car seat she I strap her in but she can get out of her car seat so what if she what if she gets up in the front like we know that she can do that and she gets it into drive somehow is that a problem I don't yes it would be a problem but I have never so we have three different op never she can't reach the pedal okay she just puts it in reverse or puts it in drive or even in neutral it's going to go down the parking lot but she can't do that my car is not easy to do that you have to push it in so you don't see any problems with anything no I I totally see that what's his name what's his name here's what what's going to happen this is definitely a child endangering okay but I'm trying just just listen to me okay for both of the children all right so what that goes report there's going to be criminal charges for this but I'm asking please with me on this because listen listen to me listen to me okay whether you came up here or not you you coming up here was a reaction to other people's reactions of seeing your kids left in the car no I hear me through I want to know well I'm telling you you're not you're not okay so what you did was very dangerous for your kids I mean we get it's not safe for a dog to be left in a car let alone to Children what I'm say just could you finish could you let me it doesn't matter cuz there's points in times where you could couldn't see your children they're sitting there in a running car with the windows down keys in the car with strangers who are walking up to the car a lot of things going to happen and I saw that and I but it's still a situation that you created okay all right so what's going to happen is you're taking a report for a child in danger there's going to be some charges that are going to be filed okay we're also going to have to contact Children's Services you live in line I live in L County okay so we're going to have to is there any way from work I'm telling you no there's not I don't have anybody else for these kids like I'm their mom and I know that I shouldn't have left them for 60 seconds here and there but I I didn't intentionally try to hurt them and I would not ever try to put them we can't we cannot ignore this but I don't feel like it was extreme and I'm I was trying to what would have been extreme someone what would have been extreme your kids would have if I would have left them for a long period of time I was only gone and I was watching them while I was gone for 10 minutes tops the nurse even told me that the lady was going to call the cops on me because they know that I kept checking on my kids I told them I said I have to hurry my kids are downstairs here's your food I'm tell you I'm I'm begging you like I know that listen our hands are tied when it especially when it comes situations like this our hands are tied we have to report this we have to take a report and at the same point in time there's going to be criminal charges with this okay whe to do that I know that let's go back to what let's go back to what I said there's certain things where our hands are tied this is one of them but it's not your hands are not tied I'm no yes yes our hands are tied you're not telling me if my hands are tied or not I am telling you that okay I will give this job up I'm telling you everything to me I understand that I understand that and I understand that you're trying to take care of your children by working but this situation it's there we can't ignore it it hold on a second it has to be addressed and I'm addressing it I'm it it has to be it has to be addressed by policy and procedure and by law and that's how that's what we're going to have to do but I don't I don't feel like I broke the law because then if you don't hold on a second if you don't feel like you broke the law there's recourse in court this is a huge deal this is it is a huge deal this is a very their lives because I left them for 60 seconds you didn't leave him for 60 seconds twice twice I was in the elevator okay three times I was in elevator for 60 seconds why could they have come with I'm I can lose my children over this because I made one State I I don't think I don't think you're going to lose your children job right now I think you no I I think you need some to take some classes though like and you need to understand so what we're going to do today you're going to be allowed to leave with your children okay we're going to do a report and you are going to be rece you're getting charged with child endangering okay you go to court and they're probably going to have you're going to receive a call from 696 kids they're going to come and check on the welfare of the children okay Dad that's what's going to happen we're not arresting you today they their grandmothers work at Children's Services we just saw them yesterday I'm not letting take my kids from me listen we didn't say we are not not we're not taking your kids from you you need to address this properly and but you don't have to address it through the court I came up here I came up here as a good parent who cares about K answer him and and give give the last name please I did children do you want to go to right now all right then calm down for your children act like an adult I do what's Anthony's phone number I don't [ __ ] know and that's not appropriate language in front of your children here's the here's theas swearing everybody swears not everybody swears do you want to give a state give a written statement of uh the events today okay which car is yours the Ford Focus [Music] what's up and it's urgent I got [Applause] yes Chris r y s t i a l uh no it's going to be a new case yes but it's very urgent I'm at the police station so if you can have and call me as soon as possible what's an address for you okay all right so like you explained we're going to call we have to call children services there's going to be charges that are going to sent to you in the mail with a court date sure okay yep do you have any questions no all right make better choices for you the mother was charged with child endangerment think she'll be making smarter choices from here on out let me know what you think in the comments below and don't forget to hit that subscribe button