Children are entirely dependent on
adults, but when mixes with drugs and
irresponsibility, disaster can strike in
just minutes.
>> Who knows how long he's been running
around right now?
>> Go. This is the Indian River County
Sheriff's Office.
>> Were you guys smoking weed last night?
>> Why is all this out here?
>> Hands up.
>> Hands up.
>> Is that a there?
>> Why didn't you call 911?
>> I I don't have a phone.
>> There's marijuana everywhere. From
wandering children to negligent parents,
then chaos taking over. Two cases from
Ohio to Florida lay bare the devastating
consequences of child.
Ohio began with an emergency call but
ended as a nightmare for an entire
family.
>> 911. What's the address to your
emergency? What's going on there?
>> I'm walking my dog and there is a child.
He looks maybe four. He's got a really
dirty diaper on. He's just running
around. No parents.
>> And he's a little boy. Is he black,
white, Spanish, Asian?
>> He's white. He has blonde hair. His
diaper is like down to his knees. Hold
on. Come on, Boogie. Stay right here.
Okay. Grab him cuz I don't want him to
get hit by a car.
>> Which direction did he go from your
trailer?
>> He went to the right. Hey. Hey, buddy.
Hey, buddy. What you doing? Do you live
here? Hey, come here. What's your name?
Hey. Hey, kiddo. Come here. A quiet
morning in Ohio was broken by a 911 call
from a woman walking her dog, reporting
a 4-year-old boy in a dirty, loose
diaper, wandering alone and rummaging
through trash cans in the middle of the
street with no adult in sight. When
police arrived, the shocking part was
that the boy couldn't remember his own
name and could barely speak, sending the
investigation into a dead end.
>> He didn't know. Hey,
>> have you seen him around the area now?
What's the And you live at 15.
>> What's the phone number and contact you
at? Is there a Do you guys have a
non-emergency number for the office
here? Do you know?
>> I don't know. I haven't really called up
there. They're not very helpful. The one
time he did call.
>> Okay.
>> I can pull it up.
>> I'll see if dispatch has ran from this
way. He's just knocked the trash cans
over, ran that way. I don't know. Never
seen him before, but it looks like it's
been through the neighborhood a good
minute.
>> Okay. Yeah, cuz all these trash cans are
him.
>> Yeah.
>> By team, can you have to contact the
office here and have them come down to
trailer 159 and see if they can help me
identify this boy?
>> Contact the trailer office. firming them
to see if they happen can identify this
boy or possibly what trailer he goes
belongs to
>> there. He's got mud all over him. Dried
mud. Like he's been out for a little
while.
>> It's a dirty diaper. It's down to his
legs and his he's exposed that shirt. So
I don't And I was like I don't I don't
know if I'm missing that real quick cuz
I don't see any parents.
>> Say stay right here,
>> please. We're friendly. Do you like the
flowers?
They're pretty, huh?
Yeah.
>> 518. She's advising he goes to 157.
>> He belongs to
>> 1574.
>> She's advising it's happened before.
>> Supposedly he belongs to So that's going
to be
>> Oh. According to the dispatcher, this
was the second time the child had been
found wandering alone without
supervision.
>> Can you come with me?
Can Can you come here?
Stay away.
>> Uhoh.
Bye. T. Can you call the front door?
Looks like they were out there on the
18th of last month for the same thing.
I'm
work security at the archival 2000.
>> About 25 minutes later, the father
staggered out but still managed to
mutter, "I'm not on."
>> Step out here.
>> Is this your son?
>> Yes, it is.
>> Is there a reason why he's out here
running around?
>> Have a seat right here for me.
>> Yeah.
>> Is there Who all lives here?
>> Uh, me and my wife. Is there a reason
why your son is running around in a
disgusting diaper? Who knows how long
he's been running around right now?
>> No, sir. No, sir.
>> Okay. Are you high right now?
>> No, sir. I'm not really tired. I just
really just woke up.
>> Okay. What's your last name?
>> Uh,
>> what's your date of birth?
>> Uh, it's 424.
>> 424. What?
>> 1984.
>> 84. So, is everybody inside still
asleep?
>> Uh, I think my wife is. Yes.
>> Your wife is okay. Do you work anywhere?
>> I'm sorry.
>> Do you work anywhere?
>> Yes, I do.
>> Were you guys smoking weed last night?
>> No. No, sir.
>> Why is all this out here?
>> My wife was
Why are you struggling to answer
questions of like your height and weight
and your hair color or your eye color
>> again? I just I literally just woke up
like I'm like groggy.
>> How long do you think your son's been
out here? I guess he's been running
around the neighborhood knocking over
trash cans.
>> Okay. Uh, what's your son's? Well, have
her come out here.
>> Moments later, the mother came out
openly admitting what her husband had
denied. I smoked weed last night.
>> Police department, come out here. Come
out here. You stay out here. She's right
there.
>> Are you dressed?
>> No.
>> Well, get dressed and come out here,
please.
>> Huh?
>> No, he wasn't.
>> He was outside a second ago.
>> Hey, Brian, stay out here.
>> Get dressed when you come out here.
Okay.
What time do you think it is?
>> I have no idea. I don't know where my
phone is.
>> Okay. So, do you have any idea why your
son's running around out here knocking
trash cans over?
>> Not supposed to. We all went to bed last
night. My roommate was up this morning
before he went to work. I thought I
didn't know. I thought Brian was up. I
haven't been up since last night.
>> And what's your date of birth?
>> Stop that medication.
>> What medication?
>> I'm on I've been on it for about a week.
I'm just going to have to stop it.
>> What's your date of birth?
>> 9:30 1989.
>> How tall are you?
>> 411.
>> Okay. How much do you weigh?
>> Do you really need to know that?
>> I there just blanks I got to fill in.
>> Okay. I can look it up. Uh do you work
anywhere?
>> I work at Courtyard by Marriott. I work
overnights. Did you let the dogs out?
>> No.
>> Like Gold Springs. I'm so sorry. I just
need to check and make sure that I have
two dogs in here.
>> Yeah, I saw two dogs. Do you have like a
German Shepherd or something? And then
that tan dog. Yeah. Okay.
So, were you smoking marijuana last
night?
>> Yeah.
>> You leave that. It's out here where kids
can get a hold of it.
>> Not usually.
>> Is that how much you smoked last night
cuz you didn't remember? What time did
you guys smoke last night?
>> About 9:30, 10.
>> Okay. Don't go in for right now. Okay.
>> Then they went inside only to be
horrified by the sight of marijuana
everywhere.
>> Is there any way I can look at the
inside of your trailer?
>> Yeah.
>> Are your dogs friendly?
>> They're friendly, but they sound rough.
>> Can you go lock them into the back door?
Go on. Hold on. All right.
To bed. As you can see, I try to keep
most of my stuff up here up here. Or I
have another room out of um the way,
his medication,
>> and where's our bedroom at?
>> Um he shares with his dad his crib rope.
We're kind of
>> Okay.
>> improvising. I have two girls that only
are only here every so often. I don't
have custody of them.
>> Okay. They're trying to see.
>> This is the second time. I can't believe
he got it a second time. But I I have
somebody watching him cuz before he got
out when I was taking a nap, you know,
cuz I work overnight. Um
to watch him during the week.
>> You got ducks.
>> We have one. Yeah. It's my roommates. I
didn't know he left.
>> What's the other thing in the
>> Oh my god.
>> Is that a duck in there? Huh?
>> Yeah. Yeah.
I'll um go up that just a little bit.
I'll have to Sorry, I'm trying to get my
way. Is
>> this your only bathroom?
>> No, we have one back here.
>> There's marijuana everywhere. This is
seems like more than just you smoking
marijuana. It's all over. It's within
reach of everybody.
>> I'm going to make some phone calls. I'll
be right back.
>> Okay.
>> At that moment, a family friend suddenly
showed up.
>> I already got three little girls and I
drive like just because the school's
over there at Ghetto, I drive 35 minutes
every morning. I leave work early to
come all the way back home.
>> So, you're not gonna have any issues
with keeping him for a long long I don't
know time frame or anything. I just
>> I actually even said like I'm gonna if
y'all let me take him, I'm going to go
buy him a bed and just go rearrange my
whole house so he has no bedroom. I just
don't want to get into
>> What kind of person is Todd then? What
kind of person is Todd?
>> I mean, um, so Todd's the boyfriend.
Brian is the husband. They all live here
together and but Todd is like really
kind of like uptight. Like I don't
really I don't know. I don't talk to him
too much. He took over more than the dad
did.
>> Yeah, he takes care of.
>> Okay, so are they married?
>> Mhm.
>> Yep.
>> But then
>> Todd's
>> Todd's a boyfriend.
>> Don't get me started on it. Yeah,
>> I felt
>> That's why that's why dad stays with son
in one room. I guess that makes more
sense now. I was trying to give
>> worried about it.
>> But yeah, now I'm going to go
>> I got to worry about that old man that's
in my house. Don't shut up.
>> All right, I'm going to bring him one
over time and I'm going to ask him and
make sure I got to ask him, hey, is it
all right if Britney takes him? And
right away she was entrusted with caring
for the child as police handcuffed and
led both parents away.
>> You guys are both getting placed under
arrest for driving.
>> Is it all right if Britney takes the
kid?
>> Turn around. Put your hands behind your
back.
>> And who is Britney to you guys?
>> Who is Britney to you guys?
>> Uh Britney is my sister's daughter.
>> All right. You're getting placed on
arrest for child. Okay, Britney's here.
Is it all right if she takes it, Connor?
>> Okay, the trans behind your back for me.
>> Here, let me hold that.
>> You don't want it to go with you.
>> Um,
>> so that way you'll have it with you
everywhere you go.
>> Phone numbers. If you need phone numbers
and stuff out of it.
>> Yeah.
>> That way whenever you get out, at least
you'll have the phone with you.
>> Yeah.
>> Anything else you need out of the house?
>> No.
>> Is it okay if they go in and get
diapers, clothes? Yes, they can go in.
>> We're We're not going in.
>> Is there a way to lock the front door?
How can we lock it?
>> They have keys.
>> Have a seat.
>> There's a They Freddy needs a car seat,
too. We're um
>> It's in the car. Tell her the keys are
hanging up.
>> So, is this your first time?
>> This is my first time going in there
since I let them get on the lease as
tenants because I am supposed to like,
you know, this is like a 10-year thing
where um I just pay and in 10 years I
own it and I can move it off. And uh
they got kicked out of the apartment
where they were at off like 10th and I
let them stay here cuz there'd be enough
bedrooms for Connor to have his own
room. The whole It smells so bad in
there. And the whole thing I think it's
a bear. Put that down. I'll get you one.
It's barely bad in there. Like the doors
are off and there's cereal all over the
place.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> What? Your aunt to him?
>> No, he's my cousin.
>> Your cousin?
>> The one you just arrested is my aunt. My
mom's sister.
>> All right. Do you need anything else
from us? I'll find out. I'll find out
where the keys are so you're not having
to dig through the place.
>> Yes. It's really
>> for repeating the act of child a second
time. Both a father and mother were
arrested and criminally charged.
According to the court's ruling, they
were each sentenced to 7 years of
probation set to end on December 13th,
2030. Children are entirely dependent on
their parents or guardians. So leaving
them to wander alone, especially in
filthy and dangerous conditions, can
lead to traffic accidents, injuries, or
even. But the tragedy didn't stop in
Ohio because just a few days later in
Florida, a 2-year-old child was also
abandoned. This time in the middle of a
desolate forest.
>> No, he didn't. He He was was just right
there. It wasn't even 5 minutes, he
said.
>> On May 12th, 2025, Indian River County
police received an emergency call
reporting a 2-year-old child in the
woods, having walked nearly a mile. None
of the neighbors knew who the child was.
Chilling accounts that the toddler had
nearly been hit by a car and almost
abducted pushed police to act without
delay. Officers quickly arrived at the
scene and began taking witness
statements.
>> Yeah. Thank you. Um I'm sorry father.
I'm shaking right now. Um me and my
daughter out in the yard playing. I look
up right there
>> where that fallen tree is.
>> Yeah. Came out of here. I know everybody
around here. This is not anybody's kid.
Came out of them woods. I'm shaking
right now.
>> What kind of truck was it that drove up
here?
>> It was a white car. It looked like an
old Toyota. Like a '90s. like an old
corolla or something
>> kind of and it was full of looked like
migrant men and they weren't acting
suspicious or anything but they were
like hey is this your kid I was like no
and then they were trying to make her
over there and I was like no the hell
you won't
>> hi
me I was over my friends was with him
disappeared
>> okay give me one second right here
>> what' you do yeah
>> thinking Delta Charlie
>> do you have an idea real quick
>> I do actually in my pocket moment
birthday weekend and I was shopping and
>> we made some water safe.
>> This literally just happened and not 3
months ago and yeah and now it's going
to happen all over again to go see.
>> I'm so sorry. I couldn't imagine.
>> You're all right. I I understand the
child child. I was freaking out cuz I
literally just got home cuz I know you
can hear this thing driving.
>> I told dispatch I was like whoever pulls
up besides an officer, they're not and
they made me secure my firearm in the
house. She wasn't going anywhere. She's
still not until she let you. No offense.
>> Oh, I know. Believe me.
>> So, we're playing. I look up. I see a
little cloud. I'm waiting for somebody
to walk in the car.
>> Mhm.
>> What was the address again? You said
>> she had to have come right out of here.
>> Mhm.
>> On the side of the house. It literally
just goes along the middle ditch and she
was able to come right down the middle
ditch to this.
>> Okay. And where?
>> Cody go.
>> The big one.
>> C O D Y.
>> C Y G O B L E
>> G O B. Do you know his date of birth?
11385.
>> What's his middle initial?
>> W.
>> Do you and Cody live together or?
>> Not currently. No.
>> Okay. So, he was supposed to be
watching. Okay. He was supposed to be
watching came by.
>> Yeah. Cuz he just literally called me
and told she he could.
>> So, did he say how long ago?
>> Friend's house. No, he didn't. He was
was just right there. It wasn't even 5
minutes. He said
>> though. The mother claimed her child was
only lost for 5 minutes. Police grew
suspicious and kept questioning her.
>> Who's not 1012? First name is Cody. C O
D Y. Middle initial W. Whiskey. Last
name is G Oscar Bravo Lima Echo.
>> Hi.
>> How are you? Hi. I know this might feel
a little redundant. I know you spoke to
the other deputies already, but I'm the
deputy who's here to investigate
whatever happened today. Okay. Uh, what
happened to your knowledge?
>> To my knowledge, literally, I can
probably tell you the phone call. I
received a phone call. I just got done
like shopping to pick my friend Amanda
up. I was dropping her off at home, just
hanging out a minute, you know, chit
cchatting, whatever, girlfriend. He
called me on the phone and said he
couldn't.
>> Who's he?
>> Okay.
>> She's only like two blocks down. So, I
immediately came and double checked the
house. And then as soon as I got in the
car to leave and drive around the
neighborhood, I seen the deputy here and
I came here.
>> Who called you again? Sorry. Can you
clarify who who called you called you
and say
>> he couldn't find
>> And why didn't he call the police? He
was hoping that hides. She likes to
hide. Does she hides my She does it to
me all the time. Do you
>> She doesn't run away on
>> You guys live together.
>> We are not living together right now.
>> Separated.
>> Are you legally married together? How
long have you been separated for?
>> Two weeks.
>> Two weeks.
>> Yeah.
>> Um do you have your phone with you?
>> Can you show him? Did he text you or
call you?
>> He my phone off or not off but
>> Okay. And what time did you drop off to
him today?
>> I Well, we all had went go earlier, get
something to eat or what have you and
get a few birthday things cuz he needed
to go. Then I dropped him off. I left at
it was 5:30.
>> 5:30 p.m.
>> like 10 to Yeah, it was like in between
5:30 and 10 to 6.
>> Okay. So, you dropped off dropped him
off
>> to go pick pick up my friend.
>> How long to be there with him today? She
was only there like I don't for very
long just a couple an hour or two
>> and off so that you can run some errands
with that.
>> It turned out the family had been on
DCF's watch list for a prior missing
child case.
>> Do you guys have a custody agreement or
anything in place or you got to work it
out together?
>> No, it's it's just basically I take care
of all the time and you know because
he's done this before.
>> What do you mean he's done this before?
>> All right. So I just got out of a open
DCF case because the last time I in his
care ran away. I'm trying to think who
the deputy was. It was um it was a while
every a bunch of them. So, but um
>> so this is so
>> it was like in December or January.
She's watching
>> of this year of like this year December/
January.
>> Yes. Can't remember the exact
>> was law enforcement involved in that
case.
>> Yes. Yes. Because a lady wouldn't get
back to dad and had already called law
enforcement. So y'all were already on
the way so on so forth. Not in the same
issue. I was
>> Did he get in trouble with law
enforcement during that incident or
>> No. No. the the only DCF case is on me
cuz it DCF lady literally says it falls
back on it's my responsibility.
>> So to clarify, so today at 5:30 p.m. he
dropped off to be with dad while you
were doing some errands and shopping and
then at 7:21 p.m. he calls you from his
phone saying hey I can't find what else
did he say to you? Did you
>> I don't know. I mean it was kind of like
you know like are you sure at the time I
didn't know that my other my other boys
are there too? Witnesses went on to
reveal what they had seen, shedding
light on how the toddler appeared so
unexpectedly.
>> Hi, sir. How are you? Are you the one
who located the uh I live here?
>> Okay. How are you, sir? Don't risk the
sheriff's office.
>> I know you. You good? What's your last
name?
>> I think I met you out here before.
>> Maybe.
>> Yeah. Not in a bad way. You ain't going
to get no pass from me. Let's go.
>> Can you tell me exactly from the
beginning what you saw? What happened?
>> Yeah. I was sitting over there. My
daughter, we come out in the evening to
run around. It's a BB gun.
>> Hey, Rayan, come here and watch, please.
>> This is the problem. Okay. She's her
kitchen.
>> Hey, keep up here. Okay. So, I was
sitting up here and we were just running
around and I saw the corner of my eye
seen her come out of the woods over here
like right out of here. And I was just
waiting for somebody to walk cuz it was
like adjacent to the truck.
>> Walking or crawling?
>> Walking. And then when I got up and
walked over here, I looked, there was
nobody coming. Right in front of where
this wagged SUV, my friend Cliff was
right there, there was a uh like an
older I want to say like a Toyota, maybe
a four-door. And there was probably four
or five Hispanic men in there. They
weren't acting aggressive or anything.
And they were like, "Hey, yours." I'm
like, "No." And they were trying to take
her over there to there's a gentleman
that lives here named Mike where the
where the truck is over here. And
they're like I was like, "No, no, they
got boys. It's not." And they're like,
"Well, take her." I was like, "No,
you're not. You're not. Nobody." So I
>> And then they came by one more time, but
I think they were just making sure that
I wasn't.
>> Can you walk over there? Can you show me
specifically walk out?
>> Right.
>> Well, I directly come out come from this
way. And I was just looking this way.
Wasn't coming down the street. And I
said, "What are you doing?" Came
right here, hands up. So I was sitting
right there. And this is when I standing
right here.
>> She appeared to be in distress panting.
>> She was very happy. Didn't seem scared
at all. You seem
>> Are you familiar with her? Have you ever
met before?
>> Never.
>> Okay.
>> Never. Um there's a lot of children that
resemble the neighborhood, but I can
personally say I've never seen her
before.
>> Have no one or no adults around? I don't
know.
>> Just the the car full of the strange
men. After gathering more information,
they rushed to the father's house and
knocked on the door. Sadly, no one
answered.
>> I'm still hot. Okay, I'm going to go
down there. Number one, there's supposed
to be two more kids, seven and nine. I
need to be sure the other kids are not
missing. I don't want mom to leave yet,
and I want to see what DC wants to see.
They just had a case for the same issue.
There wasn't an arrest in that case. So,
I don't know the circumstances of it.
Nonetheless, this is child. So, we're
going to go down.
>> Did you say how long? Do we ever get a
time frame? I uh mom dropped off the
baby at 5:30 p.m. So, I don't know how
long dad dad called her at 7:21 saying
that, "Oh, I can't find her." And that's
why mom drove over here panicking.
Figure out what happened. I have to go
talk to dad to figure out fill the
blanks. But Indian River County
Sheriff's Office. If you're inside, make
yourself known. We aren't going to make
entry. Anybody?
>> No.
>> Cody, this is the Indian River County
Sheriff's Office. If you're inside the
house, make yourself known. We are going
to make entry. You good, Jess?
>> Yes.
>> Okay. Just let her get in the back
first.
>> Again, Cody, this is the Indian River
County Sheriff's Office. We are going to
make entry. If you're inside, make
yourself known.
>> He's not known to the firearms.
And she said he would not be violent
towards us cuz he knows what's good for
him. Uh these flags
>> they used to go they used this this
house used to be all white supremists
out of prison.
>> All right.
in a minute.
I'll start searching.
>> So, it appears
>> everybody's still hot.
>> Yeah, it appears he took a bike.
>> I'm going to take this
>> wood you see on we we go. They're all
gone. They're all houses being built.
Looks like he picked up his bike over
the tarp, dropped his phone, and then
the bike went
>> west.
I'm call
>> Yeah.
>> Instead, they were horrified to find the
other two children also wandering
outside. and the father. He vanished as
soon as police showed up. Not long
after, officers discovered he had fled
and bought a new phone. Step by step,
they tracked the number and finally made
contact with him.
>> Who am I speaking with?
>> Cody.
>> Hey, Cody. This is Cor with the
sheriff's office. How you doing today,
man?
>> Not doing too good, man.
>> All right. Well, we were trying to get a
hold of you yesterday, but you weren't
home.
>> I was home. My phone my and my phone
they say y'all found it in the ditch,
but it must have fell out of my pocket
or something, you know. Scared me. So I
I ran down the ditch and then I seen the
officer at the corner of this thing and
like I didn't
you know what I mean? She just she was
playing in the front yard and then she
ran down the ditch.
>> All right. So
>> yeah. So Cody, um would you be willing
to talk to me in person?
>> Nope. Because y'all say y'all was shoot
out for my arrest. I'm definitely I'm
not going back to jail. I don't want to
go to jail. I don't deserve to go to
jail. I don't understand. I don't mind
talking, you know, but the last time
they tricked me. They took me. I I don't
So, listen. I don't know.
>> So, co Cody, can you hear me?
>> Yeah.
>> All right. Well, let me just explain
something to you real quick, Cody, real
fast.
>> I'm going to jail. I can't come home.
>> Well, hang on. Let me explain something
to you real quick, Cody. Okay. Cuz
understand, you reached out to another
deputy cuz you wanted to talk and I
appreciate that. Okay. But Cody, just
because of the allegations of what's
going on, I just want to make you aware
that you understand that you do not have
to talk to me. Correct.
>> I know. But I want to be in trouble.
>> I know I legally have to say this to you
though, Cody. I'm just trying to be sure
I do my job the right way. So, you
understand, Cody? You understand? You
don't have to talk to me and you can
hang up at any time. Do you understand
that?
>> I do.
>> With that in mind, are you willing to
speak with me, Cody, over the phone?
>> Yeah, I'm tired to talk, but I I don't
want to go to jail, me and my wife. My
wife's leaving me cuz we've been
together a while.
>> The father began recounting the story.
From the child wandering along a ditch
to his own search for the dock, every
detail exposed his blatant
irresponsibility.
>> So, Cody, let me ask you this, man. What
What happened yesterday? What happened?
>> All I did, she was playing right there
in the driveway like my buddies just
left uh from going to the scrapyard or
whatever, you know, and um she was right
here playing in the little sand pile out
front and then she moved over there to
the ditch. I had to walk around because
I can't just cut through my backyard,
you know.
>> Okay.
>> Through the fence cuz I don't got a
gate. So, I she was right there by the
beer cans and stuff playing at that
time.
>> Okay.
>> So, then I walked around because my
wife's little dog, Costa, is scared of
me for whatever reason. I've never done
anything to harm this poor dog, but it
runs. You know, he's scared of most
males.
>> Okay.
>> So, he got out down the road. He ran
down the road. So, I wasn't even trying
to run him. You know what I mean? I I
try Costa Coasta and then I come back
like I was literally probably 20 ft
somewhere, you know? And then I looked
over down. I'm like, damn, I don't see
her. So, and me and my wife was just
texting at the time and stuff, you know?
I mean, you can go back and look on the
phone. And then I like I said, oh god. I
called her right away and said,
"Brandy," I went upstairs and looked.
You know, last time she just went to my
kid's bus stop, thank God. But she I
followed her feet tracks down the ditch
and then I heard Brandy coming. So, I
wanted to let my wife know like, "Hey,
the the officer's down there at the
corner of the road. Go talk to them, you
know, and
>> okay,
>> and that stuff." And u yeah, she just
she just ran down the dick and I was
following her through tracks. If I
hadn't turned around to go talk to the
old lady in the driveway, then I would
have I would have caught her in time.
You know what I mean?
>> I got you. So So to clarify, the dog
took off. He went to catch the dog and
then when he turned around, she was
gone.
>> Yeah. She is what happened was she went
down the ditch bank a little bit and
then through my neighbor's house.
There's like they got both of them got
fences. My neighbors.
>> Yeah.
>> So there's like a little pathway in
between the fences. I'm assuming that's
where she came out at. And then the
neighbor on the corner or whatever
neighbor close to the corner called
called you guys. cuz I guess I seen the
white car trying to to take the people a
car load of people in a white car. So
>> So you saw you saw a car full of people.
Why didn't you
>> No, no, no. The the man the man already
the man on the corner or whatever
already had him. So that's what I'm
trying to You know what I mean? He he
said these I guess these people were
trying to take her. That's just the
rumor on the streets and that's what the
old lady said. A carload of people.
>> Okay. But no no only tell me what you
saw, not what you heard. Did you didn't
see any of that? That's just what you
were told by someone else, correct?
>> Yeah. Yes. Yes.
>> Okay. Which way did your dog take off
when you were trying to catch your dog?
Where'd your dog go again?
>> Well, he goes to my neighbor's house
directly like right behind me. His
name's Ian.
>> But opposite opposite of the ditch bank
cuz he would have saw your direction,
>> right? So, all I did was step out in
front of my driveway. I walked out the
ditch to the dirt road. Costa was
already running around the corner like
headed back south on the dirt road.
Headed south again, you know. So, I
already know where he was going. So I
turn around and three minutes. It wasn't
even that.
>> Oh. To excuse his negence, he claimed I
don't have a phone.
>> So let me ask you this. Why didn't you
call 911?
>> Sir, I I don't have a phone. I mean, I
do have a phone. I do have a phone.
Yeah, I did.
>> Well, at the time you had a phone cuz
you were talking to to your wife.
>> Yeah. Yeah, you're right. I I didn't
mean I'm so used to not having one. I
literally just got it like 4 days ago.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. So I didn't feel the need to call
911 because she didn't go far normally,
you know. Well, how did you know you're
located?
>> I seen the officer or Brandy or my wife,
she went around the block and then she
came back and then we both was in the
middle of a dirt road. I was on a bike
and she was in a car and I seen the
officer down there uh talking to the
neighbor and then my wife went down
there. You know, we talk.
>> But you see how it looks though when you
>> It does take off. You never called the
police about it. You didn't come out to
say, "Hey, listen. I stepped away for a
minute. She disappeared. Instead, you
left your phone in the ditch bank and
then you took off.
>> No, I didn't. I didn't leave it in the
ditch. It was I must have fell out of my
pocket or something. But then see, I get
nervous when she said, "Well, they said
I said I called her my wife off the
phone and and she said I said, "Is
everything okay?" She said, "Well, no,
not everything's okay. You got to warn
out for your arrest and blah blah blah."
That shuts me down, man. I go into
hiding when that happens.
>> After that, he went on the run again.
But just a week later, police got word
he had shown up at a recreation center.
And this time, they weren't about to let
him escape.
>> Hands up.
>> Hands up.
>> Hands up.
>> Let me see your hands.
>> Hands are up.
>> Let me see your hands. Come back here.
>> My hands are up.
>> Turn around.
>> Turn around. Go.
>> Do what you got to do, bud.
>> We are. Take them into custo.
>> Good.
They're over there stealing my [ __ ]
>> Well, maybe you should just turn
yourself in like you were saying.
>> Turn myself in for what? I didn't even
know I had a warn out.
>> Come on, man. Come on, man. I've been at
the house at
>> I've been at the house.
>> That's why you were hiding, right?
>> I was hiding right here. Tell me where I
was hiding. Tell me where I was hiding.
Right here.
>> Here.
>> No. No. No. He's
he takes everything with him.
>> No. Absolutely not.
>> Let me take Mr.
>> Oh, hey. Hey. Never.
>> That's what they're failing to
understand. They're making it They're
the ones being bitter about the
situation, not me. I just didn't want to
go to jail cuz I knew I was going to
jail.
>> Sure. And I I feel like I don't deserve
the charge. You know what I'm saying?
The last time this happened, it was on
my roommate Janie and her husband. You
know, she ran down the road, but she's
too worried about something else. You
know what I'm saying? I'm not worried
about that. I like my boss. I know what
to do. I got to get cleaned up and and
show these people that I can do it. You
know what I mean? But the bottom line is
our last fight with me and my old lady
was and then I I just called it quits.
I've been called it quits for a while,
but I just wanted to be civil for the
children. So, she slept on one bed and I
slept on the other.
>> Yeah. She said she was leaving to go get
chicken feet and ain't been back. And
then she drop pulls in on my daughter's
birthday the other day and dropped her
off. Didn't say she was leaving. Didn't
say nothing. I just happened to be in
the sideyard with her playing. They make
me out to be the bad guy. That's all
right. I made my bed all lying and I
have no problem doing it. Watch. I've
been known, but I didn't care because I
was just I was comfortable, you know, I
guess you would say. You want You want
one more?
>> Yeah, I'll smoke one more.
>> I do one more.
>> All right.
>> We can't take these to the jail anyway,
so I might as well at least let you get
your worth cuz we can't we can't submit
this either in the property.
>> No. Yeah, you got to
>> Yeah, we got to dispose of it. So,
>> you're being cool with me now. I gave
you my word. I was just one
>> Yeah. I mean, I should have talked with
you in the beginning. You know what I
mean? But
>> you're calling me first.
>> Yeah, I do. Yes, sir. I mean, I don't I
mean,
>> I was cool with you on the phone.
>> Yeah. Yes, sir. You were. I I mean, I
>> told you.
>> I I I know. I know.
>> During the arrest, police found 6.19 g
of methamphetamine on him. This put the
39-year-old father, Cody Gobble, facing
charges of child possession,
paraphernalia possession, and resisting
arrest. Under Florida law, he could face
up to 11 years in prison and fines up to
$11,000. However, according to court
reports, he posted $17,000 bail and was
released. Children aged 2 to three are
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