all right Amber you're underr for child neglect on December 2nd 2023 a woman called 911 regarding her 5-year-old granddaughter being left in a motel with a random man by her mother all right so what's going on Amber gu her texting me now she pulled up to the hotel with my granddaughter I have her in the car and Amber's your daughter no Amber's not my daughter my daughters would't do anything like that that's my son's mother the son my son's ex-girlfriend but that's the mother of his okay she pulled up to the hotel she left her with this young lady named Sho Sho uh immediately called me and told me that Amber left Lonnie at the hotel in the parking lot by herself with the maintenance man I'm like what I'm calling Shia cuz I wasn't there hang on I can only talk to one person at a time okay so she called me at 12:25 I go get about 3:42 didn't hear anything from Amber no nothing next thing I know the menate county shf department is calling me saying that ask me what's going on and I told him what's what happened he said he got to call somebody to see what to do okay this out of your jurisdiction didn't happen in your jurisdiction that's manate County that's a big difference so he was saying you can get in trouble for keeping her I said no I can't I can't get in trouble for keeping her because she left her she abandoned her you worried about me having her but if I would have had her and this man this maintenance man was some fruit ball and he would have took her in the room then what okay so let me start this what's your last name so start all over cuz the story is kind of confusing yes sir okay I was at home the address I gave you I got a call around what time 12:25 exactly okay Shia which is my son's ex-girlfriend she's pregnant from me too he got babies everywhere anyway she called me and she said ma I said what she said Amber left Lonnie in the parking lot with the maintenance man I said what so 12:25 you get a call from Shia yes and she says that Lonnie got left with a manman yes with with the maintenance man at the hotel cuz that's where she stays at so Shia stays at Siesta yes in room 38 Amber didn't know which room she stayed in she just left her so Amber was supposed to drop Lonnie off which no she didn't ask nobody she just dropped off with a a maintenance man that's the god honest truth how did uh sh I me I guess I guess I should speak to shot yeah is she at the Cs right now no she's down here somewhere okay I'm going to call her I asked shotty I said did she say did she call you she said no I didn't get no phone calls no nothing from her mom I didn't even know she said I wouldn't even known she was outside if her daughter would have been looking out the door and said Mommy lon's with the maintenance man okay I said what yeah you can this what she text me at 3:34 she said you coming you coming mom mhm and I told her not to tell my son what happened cuz he'll snap out he'll beat all right so but I did tell my son so 12:25 Shia calls you says Hey Lonnie like we found Lonnie at the hotel with the maintenance guy yes and then you went to pick up Lonnie and you picked her up from the cesta end yes yes sir but was she with shadia okay does shadia ever watch Lonnie no for okay no so there's you can't think of any reason why Amber should have just dropped her off she shouldn't have did that cuz my son doesn't date Shia anymore he doesn't even live here in Sarasota okay all right is he still dating Amber or they they're separated they've been separated years years now about four years now they been separated okay all right have you spoken to Amber yet today yes that's her that she told me um I told the police in Bradington that I was going to bring her daughter to the csdn I said no I did not I told I'm not bringing you my my granddaughter my son told me to keep him keep her until he comes from Naples to get her because you're not getting her back okay and the police told me he said you can get in trouble for uh keeping her I said no I can't cuz we're going to go to the police department right now he said you should have call the police when it first happened I said I didn't do that because my son said Mama don't worry about it I'mma come get her just keep her until I get there but then when I get that call from them wait a minute so you you you want to be nasty and you unfit for leaving your daughter there like that what if the maintenance man was some some guy that likes kids right right so yeah it sounds to me like you're looking out for Lonnie's welfare that's not a crime uh but we're going to try and get this s out I don't think she should be able to go back with her okay we're going to evaluate the situation for that um unfortunately it's going to take a few minutes get so what I'm actually doing is I'm going to have an officer come here and meet with you guys and since I got the whole story from you I'm going to go meet with her and see what she has to say about why what happened today happen and we'll probably have to get DCF involved in this thank you they need to be you can see I've been texting her back and forth she said I wait until my baby was in the room a lie what's that said the cameras would show I till my baby was in the room that's a liot okay the hotel guy told Shia that if you guys want to see the video surveillance they'll show it to you okay yeah I can try and look at that so this is Miss Lawson okay she is Lonnie's grandmother 5-year-old sitting sitting in the driver's seat okay today Lonnie's mother dropped her off at the siesta in Pro around noon and then just boogied and apparently shady is one of your daughters no shot is the exgirlfriend of your son okay dropped her off at the Siesta n where one of her son's ex-girlfriends is staying okay shot's daughter looks out the window and goes Lonnie's outside in the parking lot with the maintenance man uh so shadia takes care of Lonnie calls Miss Lawson Miss Lawson comes and picks her up around three and his had her then uh and at some point did Amber ever call you to try and to try and get Lonnie back no okay so where did just immediately called she immediately called the police she he said in Manatee mhm okay and it didn't happened in Manatee she said she told the Manatee County Police Department Sheriff's Department that I took her from Manatee County what okay no I did not all right so can you hang out here with Miss Lawson and Lonnie I'm going to head up to CS I guess there now but I'm going to try and meet with shadia as well and look at the video cameras yeah shot shot is down here somewhere I kept trying to call her okay yeah if if shotty is down here and if Miss Lawson can get her to come here and meet with you can you collect statements from shotty about what happened today you're going to CS for cameras for cameras and to meet with Lonnie's mother okay all right yeah um TR figure out where it's like a park while I'm about to leave you can take my spot okay all right don't forget to call DCS I'm not going going this he's going to go over there so I'm walking the roadway so I'm just try to park where Park be right back room so it's a juvenile was dropped off this morning uh and apparently left unattended but then the person in room 38 I think found the Juvenile and uh and a family member brought them down to the police department so we're trying to find video of the person that dropped the juvenile off one copy I remember I remember a girl gave me this morning car was the back of this room here uhhuh you know and the little girl went to c i KN that the car was right around here okay I didn't check on it and said she the girl is going to but the lady didn't come with her right and one more time exactly what happened okay the car was packed in the back here yep the child came came out the lady came out a fair girl she doesn't look titty as as under titty and um the child walked across and I was coming back yes excuse me um how what time you come back well I'm going to like a little while right now because I'm in the parade okay okay then well I have your number you can call in the cup wanted yeah no you call I already spoke with them they're trying to see the surveillance to see if if the mom abandoned the little girl and gave her to the maintenance they to walk by herself no she didn't give she didn't give the maintenance guy the girl was looking for the room and um I actually a girl by herself the little girl was looking for the room yeah and then Paul was there and he asked um what room you're looking for he said 38 and then he just dropped away 38 and I think you were there Ed her right yeah I opened the door and I got her but I didn't see her mother around so she I saw that she came by herself is this shadia yeah that's sh hello this is Officer Robert Sarasota police hey how are you I'm good so we're trying to sort out what happened are you shadia yes I am okay can I get you your contact information you your relationship to miss Lawson is you used to date his son yes okay okay why was Lonnie dropped off at the siesta in today I have no idea she didn't call me to let me know to be honest I wasn't informed that she was going to be dropped off and she left her with a maintenance man to look for my room by herself and just left okay I didn't see her around when I open the door or anything I asked her work her mom and she said that she's gone okay what time did Lonnie show up at your door it was like around 1240 no not so okay do you ever watch Lonnie for Amber um ever since I separated with my ex no I haven't how long has that been that's been over like 3 four months it's been a while okay and Amber never called you never made any arrangements for you to provide child care she didn't do none of that so as soon as her um saw her daughter my my daughter recognized her from outside the window okay so I thought um my ex was with her and then I asked where's your dad he's not with me I said where's your mom he she's just left I'm like she said she she just dropped you off by by herself and she said yeah she she told the man to take him to the room I said what if you what if I wasn't in the room and she just dropped her and she just drops her out by herself there dead what she's a little girl is going to stay with maintenance I had no idea she was going to drop her off she didn't contact me at all so I contacted her grandmother the prob to pick her up okay thank you shadia I appreciate it if I have any more questions I'll give you a call at the number you gave me okay no problem thanks so much thank you so much I appreciate who is the maintenance man that they're talking about Paul Paul yeah does he live here yeah he's in the last room in the building there the last room room on that side hello hey I'm Al Robert Sarasota police I'm currently working on nothing that you've done oh but my understanding is a juvenile got dropped off here earlier today and you helped her find a room yeah can you tell me about that from 38 okay the lady was parked over here all right at the corner of the last building over here yep if she walked across she was kept saying room 36 room 36 who walked across the little girl the little girl did Mom stayed there yeah okay and then I was like all right I'm going to take you down here so I knocked on 38 and her little girl came out and then hug and so that was the right room yeah so that's all happened from there okay did you speak to the mom over here no okay so so how did it how did you come to escort this child over to that room well she was over here going up to different doors and kept looking back at the car then she ran back to the car came back over and was going between 35 and 36 but really didn't knock was kind of know scared to go in or whatever cuz didn't know it was the right room uhhuh and then that's SP took 38 okay all right what happened with this car over here after that that car just disappeared just disappeared yeah so you never spoke to the occupants of the car did you see what they looked like or recognize any of them no okay let me ask my wife just so I understand what happened correctly you're I'm just the maintenance guy around here so you're you're probably like what time was this by the way I was 7 no no no no no no no I want to say between 12 and 1 12 and 1 because I was cleaning I was cleaning room 16 yeah when I seen the skinny girl yeah yell at so yeah cuz I even came out and asked her if she needed help so between 1200 and 1 you're working on about your business right over there okay so they're parked over there and a little girl gets out and starts coming over here knocking on doors or walking back and forth straight where that where that blue car is right there right across from that is 35 the next door down was 36 okay then she runs back over to the car comes back over and you come over to help her yeah okay and then she hollered across 38 because we knew the mom and the little girl that's in there you thought she was trying to and we know was uh her exboyfriend we recognized the little girl so we knew where she was trying to get to okay all right and so you knocked on the door for her and shadia came out yeah all right what happened did shadia say anything to you no the little girls were just like all excited to see each other and they Hing I turn around and walk back 31 years all right thank you for your help Paul I appreciate it hey I just wanted to let you know I'm working on like a child neglect case uh mom drops a 5-year-old daughter off at the siesta in this morning she she does this by basically parking in a hidden spot and uh and then possibly watching the child walk across the parking lot and search for a room uh the child does get into a room and I spoke with that person and she said like you know I've watched her in the past for her mom but it's been 3 to 4 months and mom didn't make any prior arrangements with me to watch her today she just showed up and when she showed up Mom was nowhere in sight so this woman calls the child's grandmother who comes and picks the child up grandmother contacts us makes a report uh that basically mother has neglected child mother is now at the police department trying to pick up this child and basically stating that you know everything's good a maint like she watched a maintenance worker walk her child to this person's door I haven't had a chance to interview mom yet but to me it sounds like child neglect I'm reviewing video surveillance right now to see if she even remained at the hotel until the child got inside of a door I'm kind of leaning towards even if she was still there watching like leaving the kid without prior arrangements to me seems pretty neglectful okay all right I'm going to finish looking at this video and then I'm going to head back to 1019 uh Cy and Dey are with Grandmother child and mother L all right thanks Ida Henry the black Chevy yeah GMD and B BK hey moner Robert Sarasota Police Department hi you are Malia no Malia's over there okay are you familiar with what's going on right now yeah I was in the car but I'm not Malia Malia is over there okay well you mean you were in the car this morning yeah okay what happened this morning so um Amber told me Amber told me which is her over there told me that my brother knew she was dropping the kid off or whatever javar is your brother so at first I was nowhere around her I had her in my car though that girl right there she was like um she was like cuz she was call me all day she said you know brother I said no I don't know where he's at so boom she calls me a little bit later oh I'm going to drop her off over there I said I don't know call you yeah I don't know if he's over there or not I said I'll text my sister for you I can show you the message I text my sister I said is Jay over there she said no so I told her he's not at my mom's house after I said he's not at my mom's house she that's what she did did okay all right basically what she did that is abandonment I'm I'm working on I'm not I'm going to tell you I'm not pleased with what I've been told what I saw on video cameras is this the car you guys Dro 2500 so so basically but you couldn't confirm whether or not he was there and she knew that I didn't know I didn't know nothing about7 okay who was the person that walked out in the parking lot to try and point uh to Lonnie where to go was that you m okay how are you doing good how are you I'm all right I'm also Robert Saro Police Department uh I've been talking to everybody trying to get get the story about what happened this morning uh what's your last name so what happened this morning with dropping Lon off it wasn't really was it the morning it was more so like right there hidden after 12:30 1:00 um nothing amember is my friend we've been friends for years um and I watch her be a single mom day in day out Y no help whatsoever from the baby's father um which you got to just deal with on your own there's not much you can do unless you want to go through it um court- wise financially food um you know child support and stuff like that but today she wanted a break and she knows she knew where he was so C at so they went there well we all drove there feels like an on my feet I'm sorry okay um we all drove there and um she didn't want to get out of the car because if he see her he was going to make her get her baby back okay so me being the friend if he was to have told me hey Malia get you need to get her back I would have told him that that's not my child you know like he's the father get out the car and okay so I got out of the car and I walked her to the middle of that um parking lot in there the siesta in or whatever it is and I didn't want them to see me but I was still um communicating with Lonnie okay and I was like Lonnie 38 y 38 okay and the maintenance man heard me and so he was he was like trying to help me tell her where to go and he was like 38 I was like yeah and he was like come on and I watched him walk do you know javarus I know him as my friend's baby dad okay did you see who came to the door and mhm his girlfriend okay so you you recognize shadia mhm okay all right and then what did you guys do um we left we got a call well we yeah we seen that she went in we sat in the car for a minute and she was trying to wait for javarus to call her and you know signify that he got her and I think he didn't answer the phone but shadia ended up calling okay and she said that she had her in that was about to come get her okay what time did did Amber come back to try and get Lonnie what it was six six okay right or like five what time was it 6 or five okay all right hello and are you talking to me or to the phone what time the officer said what about about what time did uh amber tried to come back and get galani okay all right so look uh I just want to get this straight so you're helping your friend out Amber cuz she needed day off and you thought you were dropping the kid off with with the the dad yeah but I but she I told her who and you told Amber that you tried to figure out whether or not he was there but couldn't figure it out and he may not be there so you warned her I said that he I don't know for sure if he's there I said he's not I confirmed her with her that he was not at my mother's house I said he's not at my mother's house so she just assumed that he will be there okay all right thanks guys the Mom finally showed up to speak with the officers uh from the water found sure 2 5 36 look I just want to give you a chance to talk without anybody else being present and I'm gonna be honest with you okay I'm not I'm not pleased with what to or what I've seen on video but I want you to be honest with me okay this is a criminal investigation that you're aware these talk okay so you have the right to remain silent to you yes sir having those rights in mind are you still want to talk to me about this case but isn't that when you read that that means that I'm I'm going to be honest with you okay I'm considering but I want to hear your side of the story because your friends are telling me one thing you know you're uh I don't even know what you call them Grandma's telling me some other things I want to hear your side of the story about why what happened today happened father I'm calling him taking javarus yes javarus Jay call him Jay you're supposed to get her so so we went over there Lonnie knocked on the door Malia walked halfway there the Main's guy said why don't you just walk her up all the way over there mhm well she said baby daddy's issues whatever Lonnie knocked on the door I heard her when she said poy so she walked in the door I seen shardy they closed the door we left mhm we're already somewhere else Tanya texts Mina and says heyy um I'm gonna pick up Lonnie from over there I'm sorry who text you Tanya text Mina okay who's Tanya is the grandma okay Grandma text Mina saying that she was going to pick up Lonnie cuz Jay wasn't there okay she picks her up cool I handle maybe two hours wor just trying to get stuff ready for the parade cuz I was going to come get her to go take her to the parade when I call her you're not getting her back because you just left her there you called grandma Yeah I was on the phone with Grandma well I told me I said hey call your mom let her know where can we meet so I can get Lonnie she said she could forget about not she don't have to girl she could forget about and I said what do you mean so I called Tanya and I say let me talk to my baby while I'm talking to my baby I'm like hey don't you want to go to the parade you know Lonnie's like yeah Grandma I want to go to the parade with Mom phone hangs up she calls and I'm calling her back calling her back she texted me I got the messages I'm on the phone with DCF if you want her back you need to call the police okay so and that's when you called manate exactly but I called manate because I was on the border where I stay they said I had to be there to make the report or talk to somebody okay he called and what time did you excuse me what time did you call manity I have the thing right here 559 okay that was after speaking of Grandma I was calling Grandma 520 5:43 550 and then I called the police because she said that was the only way I'm getting my daughter back okay so you spoke to Grandma 520 like between 520 and 540 you were speaking police was called 550 okay what point did you become aware that Grandma had M when we after we dropped her off she said she was going to go get her she didn't make it seem like it was a problem at all she only made it seem a problem when I wanted to go get her okay do do you have like text message conversation with Grandma that I can look at or saying Mina has it on Mina's phone she was getting Lon yeah that she was picking up Lonnie okay all right she didn't she didn't call Sarasota till she found out that I spoke to manate she didn't think I was going to call the cops on her for real okay and I told her I said I just want my baby back manate told me listen since I'm manate I can't do anything about it you would have to call Sarasota but she did tell me she was going to meet with you at CS the N that way you can get your daughter and I told him she's not going to give her to me you know she's she's evil she's playing police game she's telling me to meet her here meet her there and she's nowhere to be found okay so I pulled up to still cesta in where he said she was going to bring me my daughter I stood waiting there for 30 minutes I called the cops again they said we have somebody coming out to you now 20 minutes again passed by nobody came so I called them again and they said is this for T and I said what oh you just made a report saying a 5-year-old was abandoned at the hotel I said no this is the mom I also calling you guys because of you know what I had explained to manate mhm okay then she called she sent me a picture of the department she's like if you want her back you need to come get her here so I said I'll meet you guys there that's when I came but the traffic was forever and I just pulled up okay all can you have a seat for me yeah thank you you might can you do me a favor yes all right so well first off have you ever had any issues with Amber in the past no okay this and this is to your knowledge this is the first time watch this is the first time anything like this I always thought she was a good mom okay all right well Javari said the same thing as the first time can you do me a favor yes sir all right Amber's going to be placed under ARR for child wife okay I do not want her daughter or these other juvenes to see her being placed under arrest because people make mistakes doesn't mean she's a bad mom but I have to do something about it yep um do you mind do you mind pulling in parking over there somewhere so that they don't see this and then we'll come and talk to you in a second okay I'm going to go back this way okay thank you look is there anything else you can think of that I should know like what sir I'm I just want baby was supposed to go to the parade like she made it a big deal for what for what that that was we shouldn't even be here right now and she knows that okay like all right well Amber stand up for me no man stand up put your hands behind your [Music] back let's do two cups I didn't even do nothing [Music] [Music] [Applause] stupid 22 noise in what the [ __ ] I'm in the are at no there's no violations clear all right Amber you're under arrest for child neglect please please I didn't do nothing I will talk to you but what I want you to do right now Amber I want you to have a seat because I don't want any of these kids to see you walking out I just got a good job I'm going to lose I have no please like bro I just want my baby man we're not reporting this work you didn't even that's not the thing I'm a chiro assistant they're going to feed on my background I shouldn't be here man Amber listen to me what I want you to do is have a seat I'm going to make sure that these kids aren't out front so that they don't see you walking out in handcuffs in jail why be going in jail I didn't do nothing be WR my good she's being evil bro go to school I pay day care like that's not fair I do everything for my baby bro neglect how how man oh my God just lost everything I just lost everything I just lost everything bro I literally lost everything my car my house now my baby my [ __ ] Baby Bro the only thing I have to left oh my God I didn't do nothing wrong [Music] bro oh my God she can what the [ __ ] where is my baby going where please figure out where I can I have somebody come care please don't pleas talk to him oh my God doing this for no reason we need to we can't get these folks to go we'll just go out the garage oh my God the oh my God why me bro why me transporting subject to 1033 where baby standing with that lady that's what want to talk to you about right now okay oh my God who out here is is blood that's my little sister Lilo Lilo oh my God you and Lilo have the same parents bro please don't do this I didn't do anything wrong I swear to God bro I do so what's your relationship to Lilo that's my sister my good sister who do you guys share in common as parents huh who do you share in common his parents my mom so you have the same mom mom same mom okay all right and if you had a choice you would want jalani to go with Lilo is that correct bro she's not sa No Lilo just s it to Lilo give herid to Lilo she give R of my grandma I can't understand what you're saying get R of Leo just get r l [Music] man why am I getting arrested I'm going to call DCF make sure that that's going to be okay and then why am I getting arrested though she was in the room she went room she went into a room you have no idea who she went into the room I did I seen a lady I seen that lady is not responsible for Lonnie's well-being okay and then Lonnie ends up with Grandma who takes care of her all day and now you're telling me she's not even safe with Grandma so how she's been with her all day how I dropped her off at one she didn't pick her up to like one to 6 how I don't know what I know what I don't know that's all day that's a long time I've been trying to get her since 5:00 though since 5:00 I've been trying to get my baby this is why this lady doesn't see my daughter oh it's not even fair bro that's not it's really not I would never do something like that to my baby she's being evil she's only mad because I caught the cops on her first bro cuz she knows I just want the Lonnie she can't even take care of the one she got oh my God bro [ __ ] hate my life I really do bro what the [ __ ] I hate this whole year dog I lost everything dog stupid my God just go on the other door the stupid [ __ ] Bro oh my God can I get phone numbers from my phone yeah your phone's going to go with you yeah yeah but I'm a handcuff yeah well when we get to the jail they'll be able you'll be able to get your phone and go through whatever you need okay and then if you need us to get phone numbers out of your phone you just ask and we'll we'll find out find what you need okay I don't understand why I'm getting arrested I know my daughter was straight I the grandma spoke to mina like Lonnie was good Lonnie's straight I've been trying to get her since 5:00 I don't get it man I really don't she do nothing wrong bro I just wanted my baby back she never has my baby never like now you want to play Grandma you can't even spell my baby's name child neglect how the [ __ ] this going to look on my [ __ ] record bro I just cut that sh the [ __ ] man I I got no chance in life I really don't oh my God all right's find [Music] off area with my [Music] mom with Miss law yes she he wants the child to go with my mom right because she already dropped her off there m she she already dropped her off there y so he's like okay so now now that the mother's in jail he wants her to stay my mom and I understand that side as well and the issue is like I have no say in child custody disputes I have to contact DCF I have to tell them what everybody has told me uh and I'm going to relay you know why Android is placed under arrest the circumstances of what led us to this today uh and also that jayani is currently with Grandma who has cared for her all day since she became aware that Lonnie was dropped off at a hotel on supervis um it but so what you're telling me is that the best option is for Miss Lawson to ke Lon I well your I'm asking you your opinion I really cuz the mom is a good mom I'm not taking that I'm not taking that from her she's a good mom m but she's in the jail now9 14 we're 10 12 with the child child is safe trying to figure out who the parent is time yeah I ultimately the decision isn't isn't mine okay yes man uh as soon as sometimes it it can take a while for them to answer the phone they're very busy uh as soon as I speak to somebody from DCF I'm going to come back over and let you all know all right but if I understand this correct like what you're trying to tell me is that the best option for Lon is to be with Grandma yes it okay all right I'll pass that along to and [Music] I'm sorry I've spoken to so many people and I've heard so many names you know Amber might be a great mom but she made a bad choice yeah and she has to pay for that choice all right hello this officer Robert S Police Department is she good all right you're good thank you all right thank you have a good night if um if the child does go anywhere else for some reason just make sure you notify someone she she's not going to go anywhere L her dad comes get her and then I'll call whoever I need to call make sure so for the time being if you don't mind just keep it with me there should be a 24-hour response okay um just if Dad wants to like go pick up the child at a breakfast something like that that's fine okay but they they want me to keep her for they want me to keep her for 24 hours we just need you to keep her until DS until DCS contacts you okay all right all right and if for some reason she does go somewhere just make sure that you know she ain't going nowhere I'm keep her as long as you know that way when DCF shows up you can say she's here no she going to be with me okay awesome have a good night