on September 6 2023 officers from the St Petersburg Police Department responded to a call about a vehicle parked at a local Walmart in St Petersburg Florida with the windows rolled up the engine off and children inside officers quickly located the owner of the vehicle but she refused to cooperate okay okay get your license on you and it's not this is not a matter of you're not going to give it to me it's either you're going to give it to me or I'm going to put you in hand CU and right now I have enough to arresting for child abuse okay let's not get there okay you're going to add another charge if you don't give me your license okay because you're going to OB trct my investigation so I need your license for my investigation into this child abuse you cannot leave children I'm standing here right now we're standing here talking and it's hot they're in a car two children One strapped in a restraint seat it does not matter it does not matter that's we're past that all I'm saying is here here here the are you going to give me your license just I need are you going to give me your license yes or no okay I'm just asking what is I no I already told you are you going to give me your license yes or no can you tell me you're going to make the decision whether or not these hand cus go on you right now and it is as simple as a yes or a no yes we continue the investigation you can St here and we can talk no you're going into handcuffs right now other Cruisers are coming here we're going to play place you in the back of those Cruisers and we'll conduct our investigation that way yes or no that's all I want to hear come out of your mouth right now we don't need to do this in front of the kids after some insistence the woman turned on the car in air conditioning but still refused to identify herself keep keep keep the window down right now okay you're on okay that's fine I'm doing an investigation into a child abuse I said that once already that's now my second time saying it but what's going to happen from this point we're going to investigate right now okay you're making this more difficult than it needs to you really are I'm not you left children in a car but I just want to know where we're going with this I think that's my right to know what's abely we're investigating a child abuse and I start my investigate I'm going to talk to you and question you and ask you things about this and I start that by identifying who I'm speaking with okay I'm not going to sit here and talk to somebody who I have no idea who they are I just want to know what are the next steps what is the you're going to give me your ID that's the next step you are going to give me your ID what is the next step sir no no no no no no no no no no please please no I'm not going please give me id stop okay are you going to give me your ID I'm all I'm asking is questions I'm going to ask you again are you going to give me your ID yes or no yes or no I'll give you the ID but I just want to know what are the next steps like I I feel like you're not explaining to me what's going on the next step is you're going to give me your idea can I step over here the next step is you're going to give me your idea okay I just want to step over here give me your IDE I'm going to get no no no no please please please no no no no no stop resisting we're going to make this work you please please please let go let go the let go the no no no don't Noe I and then we'll go from there I was just asking a question please please let go with the purse let go of the purse it doesn't have to be my there you're right it doesn't no no no no no let go with the purse that's my finger you got do let go of the purse right now you're going to get yourself a bellony let go let go of your hand stop ring let go let go your hand let go go your hand do it 31 Charlie we're 10 or 10 15 no let go of the purse we'll talk about it afterwards just let go of the purse let go of the purse grab the all right we'll just cut it CSE we'll just cut it no it's okay we're good good get her in the car and then we'll no no watch your leg watch your leg stand up can you just we're going to help you stand up can you just please be patient with me we're trying to give it to you will you stand up I can't stand up why not she has a she has a brace on her leg so we're going to go back towards me and up at the same time ready 1 2 3 okay I didn't see the leg no no no no no no no want to get your feet off okay listen now they can't take my children please okay we we I've tried working with you already I've tried working with you we're going to sit you in a car for now and then we're going to talk to you about it they can't take my kids they can't we're going to talk to you about it I've tried is there I know I've tried no no no no no no please like come on like the ID is right there I know but we tried they can't take no no no you're going to catch yourself M chares man you don't relax on this Coop this point you understand all I was asking was question I I I answered your question did I not we're going to help you walk man going help you walk we're going to go this way I will I will bring you to the car if you refuse to walk go after sitting down she has she has a cane so take her time huh what we'll do is move the car here you want want of you take her we're going to move the car right there to that spot that's okay I know I know I know they stay there they're going to stay there we're going to talk to you just like I was talking to you before right you understand why you're in handcuffs now right and did I not answer that question twice it's all on camera did I or did I not answer your question twice I just wanted to know what the test was I explained it to you I said we are doing an investigation for child abuse you left two children one that was restrained physically restrained in that vehicle that was not running no AC do you understand that okay we're here to help can you take off the what do what do you need can you take off the cuff take off the cuff we can't do that right now that's a medical device can't touch that he now you take it all right thank you okay are you family ma' no for this investigation so yes we're going in the car okay I'm just asking are we going to leave the premises I don't know yet can't can't guarant not right now we're just right now we're doing an in a complete investigation going to leave the we don't have an answer for that right now we'll give you all the answers after we've complete our investigation I won't be able to sit with the cuffs on I you have to be in handcuffs you have to be in handcuffs I have to my gra this way and I will bend your brace okay now just get comfortable relax okay okay I'll all right your ID is in your purse correct okay we are going to take that now and identify you okay do you understand why you were just being detained yes or no yes thank you okay you left two children in a car that was not running one again was restrained in a child seat doesn't matter for how long it was long enough for somebody to call in okay the children couldn't even open the car door on their own then when you come outside you're insisting that you're going to leave and you're insisting that you're not going to to give me your idea or identify yourself I gu and this is after I've just explained exactly what I just explained to you now so now what we're going to do is we're going to continue our investigation just like I said we would and these officers are going to do that do you understand that okay thank you why did you leave the children in the car because it's difficult for me to maneuver with them I I just wanted to run in quick to grab it so we can just go that's all okay and you turned the car off I didn't want him to press like accidentally put it in gear or something okay do you know that in the State of Florida so far this year seven children have died being in vehicles that were turned off in this heat yeah if it makes you feel any better your children are in the ambulance they're safe we gave them something to drink getting cooled off and everything okay we're just going to check their vitals real quick that's all that I wanted to do ensure that they're okay but it it all escalated very quickly so it's more of in the officer's hands right now okay 331 gool Poli is this something that you do regularly because of your uh now is that a brace or is that a actual ual uh do you are you missing part of your leg or is it it's on there it's just a brace over the leg a brace over the leg okay can I just ask one thing yeah are we going to leave from here not at this time though at any point maybe I got my I got my boss on the way okay can someone let me know yeah I'll let you know here okay I need you to face me and I need you to put your hands back behind your uh back you're under arrest okay and before we do this on you you can you take this off for me cuz I don't want it to get broke okay how about my C and my wallet yeah we're going to I'm going to get that so go ahead and face me put your hands behind your back and how about my car it's going to stay here yep and my car keys No we're going to get everything I need you to go ahead and put your hand behind yep there you go slide like that put your hands behind and my crutch I need my crutch to come with me where we'll get all that in the front passenger seat front passenger seat okay can my car keys com in my purse yep I'm going to grab all of that okay the woman was charged with two counts of child abuse and one count of obstructing or resisting an officer without violence she was transported to the pellis county jail with her bond set at $20,500 why is it two times once for each child and right now the children are going up to the hospital and then from there they're going into custody of the state until until you get released and they'll they'll talk to you and uh they'll make arrangements at that point once you're due to be released they'll be making arrangements for either returning the custody to you or they will uh continue custody with them that'll be between you and DCF okay so they're going into the custody of this state temporarily until a judge can make further Final determinations on whether or not you should uh continue uh being in charge of them right so what's going to happen to me now you're going to go to the jail how long uh that I don't know it's your your first appear appearance before the judge will be tomorrow morning tomorrow morning yeah how about my car well we're going to uh go and talk to Walmart and see if it can stay here if it can't then we'll uh have our uh towing company come and get it and uh put it into their holding lot and will have to to get it out follow I believe but I don't know I've never had to uh I've actually everybody usually works with us and I've never actually had to have them tow a vehicle for this type of thing so they've always worked with us and the vehicle's always managed because it's legally parked and it's out of the way okay so they may just allow it to stay there it's up to Walmart on this all right so were any of the charges felonies yeah which on the uh the two aggravated child abuse case ones yes that's a yeah bought it um already like I told you this year in the State of Florida we already had seven children die from this exact thing being locked in a car that's not air conditioned okay security footage revealed that she arrived at Walmart at 20:2 p.m. and did not return to the vehicle until 226 p.m. shortly after St Petersburg fire rescue had arrived your children could have died you misrepresenting what time you um you're misrepresenting what time you got here okay and it's and you got here a lot sooner than what you were saying you got here at right after 2:00 like 20:2 according to the security video okay that's what I I thought it was 220 huh I thought it was 220 okay