BRADENTON, Fla. — The Manatee County Sheriff's Office arrested the parents of a 2-year-old after a child was found unresponsive in their car.
Deputies were called to a Walmart on the 2900 block of 53rd Avenue after a child was seen unconscious in a parked car. Deputies found the car and saw the toddler lying alone in the backseat with the engine off, and the child had redness in their face.
Deputies broke out the car's window, and the child was removed and still unresponsive.
Firefighters carried the child to a fire truck, where the child woke up and was then taken to a local hospital for evaluation.
The child's parents, Astrid Garcia Rojas, 36, and Yuannel Montes Rojas, 37, were arrested on a charge of aggravated child abuse after surveillance video showed the child was left in the car for 30 minutes.
'Cruise lights' on Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office patrol cars raise questions, confusion among drivers
Every driver knows that when you see red and blue flashing lights on a patrol car, you slow down, pull over, or get out of the way.
But in Hillsborough County, drivers will also now see deputies with their lights on, but not flashing. They're called "cruise lights," and the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) recently implemented their use on all patrol vehicles.
