Man accused of leaving child in locked car
BROWNSVILLE — A Brownsville man has been arrested on a charge of child endangerment after police found his 15-month-old baby inside a locked car in the parking lot of a grocery store.
Authorities had to force open the car to remove the baby, who had been left behind while Oscar De Los Santos, 24, went inside the store, police said.
De Los Santos was arrested Thursday afternoon in the parking lot of the H-E-B store on Boca Chica Boulevard, police spokesman Eddie Garcia said.
De Los Santos went before a municipal judge Friday morning who set bail at $20,000.
According to a police report, store employees contacted authorities after a customer informed them that a baby had been left in a locked car.
When police arrived they found the car, a Chrysler PT Cruiser, with the windows up and the child strapped in a child seat in the back seat. The ignition was turned off.
“The child looked to be alert and scared,” the police report stated. “His face was red and looked to be sweating profusely.”
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