on February 25th
2023 officers were dispatched to a
7-Eleven after a toddler wandered into
the store at 2 a.m. in freezing
temperatures the child stated that his
mother had forgotten him in her vehicle
hours
earlier you know where he lives no he's
going to show me but I want he said he
wants to warm up first
yeah thank you
from here me
well I I would say I
would what if he's allergic to
something yeah how's it going it's
okay you're not allergic to nothing you
sure yeah are you sure buddy cuz a lot
of
people that
come thank you thank
you my car over here okay
do SRO have contact or access to their
stuff I'm not
sure I may have to use you you got
a we need a car
seat you know do SRO have access to
their stuff at home they do um what
school you go to Bubba going to be the
Southside all right let me let me close
the door I'll turn the heat on for you
okay the only problem I have with
putting him in the back seat of your
squad is I want him up front to show me
where he
lives but I don't want to have him up
front we'll figure this out what's he
saying is he woke up in uh his mom's car
you guys said it came from that way can
you head that way and see if there's a
car door that's open he woke up in mom's
car and he was alone the car was turned
off maybe your mom's name soundex
something all I got
okay I'll be right behind you you say
you go to
Lincoln okay
you know what let go ahead and I'll ride
with
you y right your seat right
buddy I think we're going to we're going
to go to Zone one zone one yeah we're
just going to go across the street are
we going to go this way bud no okay all
right buddy we're going to need your
help you got to look out the windows and
tell us which way to go
okay you live over here in these
apartment buildings here
no can you go in there okay okay you're
walking oh my mom's cars are
so and let's try to remember where you
where mom's car is
at it's at that team with the
it's over there by uh by the store with
the fire sign on
it you know what color k uh what color
mom's car is silver silver okay he says
it's a truck that's what he knows it is
okay about this one here this one's not
mom's is it it is this one's
mom's that's mom's car m
no it was
locked this front door
was this doesn't look familiar
my in that building right behind us here
I'll tell you what pull up the uh
screen the street
okay ah there we go hi hey he's saying
this doesn't look familiar he said it's
across the street over
there the plate came back here though
the plate um she's in house and she
comes back here now what
apartment yeah you said your door number
is
104 but it's not here we had a call
throughout 104 on the 28th of January
there's a on spe that says 858 yeah so
let's go to 858
um I'll walk over there okay all right d
I'll be right back okay bud okay
what's up
buddy you which which one this one oh
are you
cold yep no problem buddy oh
hey long time no see sorry um we got a a
little kid here and we're looking for
his mom and she used to live in 102
that's why I was knocking where where's
where where's he live at Cross Street
okay we're going over there we're trying
to make contact with Mom last house was
right there so that's why I was
knocking
so yeah he's like six years old
I don't know that's what we're going to
find
out is is the the building to your left
is is that where mom stays no no so is
the building to your right where mom
stays is it is is that your home no no
okay oh she lives over there but just in
that apartment she she lives in that
apartment over there uhhuh in the in the
big building to her left mhm okay then
you think your door number is 104 m
okay actually you just found my
apartment I just found your apartment
mhm what's
that how you doing good how's it going I
don't know where she you know where she
Liv okay last thing I knew was AC
Crosser stet okay yeah that's where her
registration comes back
to that they don't live there he said he
lives across the
street well that's what the guy that
lives in 102 said yeah he he's the guy
in the wheelchair that around here he
said that she lives across the street so
he thought it was this building no no he
he he right um he's fine to come here I
got to give him to
Shay you guys are trying to call her
right
now do you have a phone number just in
in case I can't get a hold of her in
case we can't find her right now I need
to have a phone number can I get that
from you guys you know you think get
possessed by candy
possessed mhm how how so because if you
like it too much and and you smell it
you might like like put your eyes up
don't
like it's your first time eating this
week mhm
when was the last time you ate I ate
many times but not this time okay many
times but not this
time why would her car be over
there was it warm
no almost make you want to go over to
look at the video at 7eleven and see how
long it was I don't know if we'd see
it I don't that it reaches all the way
across maybe Thurs we would but
get that camera up there
intersection is is Troy is Troy your
brother yeah he's 17 he's 17 mhm okay
wait how are you known that I'm just I
uh I I can I can look stuff off my on my
computer I found brother in house there
at 85712
when was the last time you saw
Mommy I remember seeing her when I
wasn't
asleep okay do you remember where you
were so you were in the parking you were
in the parking lot with with the flame
on the building do that sound right mhm
okay and that's time the that's the last
time you saw Mommy when you were awake
mhm
okay what's going on are you sh yeah you
see I just woke up
um Daman said in a car that was turned
off what what you had a son
d d he was in my car yeah what the who
was in your car
last I was when was
this what he was but I could have SW why
he was just in here call Uncle froggy
they said they just talk to a man in the
wheel
Uncle let me get we're we're bringing
him right over here he's just across the
street he at Uncle froggy house no he's
in our Squad right now here your squad
cart yeah come on he's coming in we're
bringing okay
what kind of C what kind of candy you
got Kit Kat yeah
me so when's the last time you were in
your car I was in my car what time is
it it's what 3 yeah almost 3 in the
morning qu to 3 the last time I was in
my car came back from
Walmart that was
like
10 yeah my uncle came over here
everything she went you yes we went to a
fun night and then I went to go get
something to eat and then we went to
Walmart and I came
back you been
there
my you fell asleep or something yes I
could have swor he came in with the
other kids I pulled everything out the
car pull one of my kids out the b i
don't even not
you got back here at 10 yeah and I
pulled up right here and let all my kids
out if he was sleep in my car which car
is this it's a Dodge Journey the one
that is parked across the way at the
quick start yeah that's my car so you
pull up dropped all the kids off here
yeah and then I went and parked my car
me and my daughter parked the car and we
walked up over
here and I went to in the vacum with to
S okay yeah he was at 7eleven for about
10 minutes before they called us 11 yeah
he
walked he said he woke up he was all
alone and he was cold this is who was in
the car with you okay who so you can
this is my daughter who was sitting next
to him in the car I don't know I got
stuff all in my car um they all it was I
had my three little kids in the back and
she was in the front seat
okay but y'all can ask her cuz she was
just knocked out you saw him walk in
here I me yeah he was in car we were
coming back from the school coming back
from the school yeah cuz we went to
school Festival okay and where' you go
after that uh here where we go before we
came
here oh no we went to Walmart okay and
then we came do you remember seeing him
get out of the
car
huh 10
okay well we're going to have to check
the uh cameras I I believe that there's
going to be some surveillance cameras
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that well yeah there um their SE will
reach all the way over there
7eleven but you're you don't remember
him coming in I don't remember seeing
him myself come in I just assume that
all my kids is in that house because
I've
never not got them all out the car
before so yeah and then by me running in
and out with the stuff I just assumed
that he got out the car I didn't know he
was still asleep in my
car and we all was in the house my uncle
even came over here and everything I had
no idea everybody when I asked where the
boys where everybody said they was in
the house sleep already so okay all
right um I don't know what the outcome
of this is going to be there's a
potential that you could be charged with
endangering the health of life of a
child me that he's been sleeping in the
back of possibly for the past 5 hours in
the back seat of my car my back of my
trunk has boxes these moving boxes in
the back of my trunk
okay I get that I'm just I'm just saying
that's that's a potential okay I do have
to notify DCFS of what happened tonight
so they'll probably be in touch with you
um is this a good address for you right
now okay all right I'll be in touch with
you okay all right thank you very much
problem problem mhm all right thanks sh
her car is right
here that car yeah the car that he came
out of it's parked right here I'm not
going to be able to see it do you want
me to come back and pay for that kit hat
I don't know I are you sure I just I
want to pay because he was crying are
you sure so yeah I'm sure because I want
to buy for him because he was crying so
then
you reminded me oh oh don't give
anything which is allergic yeah yeah I
thank you thank
you you want to leave all your property
with her you're going to be in and out
in like 10 minutes completely up to you
I got to search you when you get in here
you don't really don't need anything you
want to just leave your Co with her
then again you're going to be in
April 14th 9:00 in the morning over in
syamore is where you need to go this is
what you are charged with so that's
yours I need two signatures from
you st that you are going to comply with
the stipulations of bond can't leave the
state of Illinois without permission to
the court you got to give written notice
to the clerk of the court of any change
of address within 24 hours of such
change and you can't break any more laws
while you're out on bond if you do do
that they could revoke your bond and you
could be charged with violation of bail
bond
okay this I don't have any record I
don't have anything to traffic I don't
have any cases with DCFS I've never had
a problem I have nine kids and I've
always had my children for my son to not
get out the car and get under a blanket
and me to see other coats in the house
is ridiculous to say that I saw the look
on his face any child in that situation
would have had a look of panic in their
face but to say I felt something for
that there to charge me and I've never
had any I've never been convicted of
anything is redundant to me it's really
stupid because now things are going to
get harder and if really cared about my
kids and how the situation with why put
me a charge when I've never even been in
trouble do you want to read what the
complaint
says at this point I have no choice at
this point the woman was charged with
child endangerment
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