A Colorado man is in hot water after he left his 4-month-old son in a shopping cart in the Home Depot parking lot over the weekend and didn’t realize the baby was missing until he was 5 miles away.
The Home Depot’s store manager called police Sunday after a customer came in and told him there was a baby in the parking lot.
He then went out to the cart-storage area in the lot and found the infant, took him inside the store and called police.
When police arrived, the baby’s father was pulling back into the parking lot. The man approached the officer, telling him he had left his child at the store and was told that police had the baby when he called the store.
The man’s wife was out of town. He told police he was loading his shopping items into his car when his brother called him on his cellphone. He was talking on the phone as he put the cart back in the storage area and then drove off.
He told police he was still talking to his brother when he turned around and noticed the baby wasn’t in the back seat of the car.
The man, who could not be reached for comment, was reportedly upset about forgetting his baby. The baby’s grandmother took the infant home and planned to keep him until the baby’s mother got back from vacation.
The father was issued a summons for child abuse and criminal negligence and released.
Oh my goodness!!! I used to imagine I was one of those that left my baby somewhere…you know when you leave your coffee on the top of your car and drive off! But something always clicked and since I am a person that leaves thier coffee on the top of their car I always did that second glance and took the time to throw my child a smile! But I do feel horrible for him…being busy I can see how it happens…horrible as it may…business makes you foggy sometimes. I do feel bad for him…I guess I agree with the summons but maybe a slap on the wrist because i guarentee that propably will never happen agian!