A Fort Myers man faces two charges of child neglect after allegedly leaving two children alone in an SUV while he went inside a strip club Thursday night.
Willie Lee Jordan Jr., 23, is accused of leaving two children inside a car while he attended Scarlett's Cabaret. Authorities became aware of the situation after a woman reported hearing the children crying inside a vehicle in Scarlett's parking lot as she was passing by.
“I walked over to the vehicle, and there seems to be an infant, a 3-month old boy, who is not strapped in the car seat … upside down, his head is where his feet should be, butt up in the air,” Scarlett’s general manager Christopher Mays said.
After an announcement was made inside the club, Jordan returned to the car. Mays had already been able to get the older child to unlock the door of the SUV, according to the report.
“It’s devastating … it’s devastating that people can do that to children … it really opens your eyes to what goes on in this world, how nasty things can be,” Mays said.
Florida law allows children under six to be left in a car unattended for less than 15 minutes. According to Mays, Jordan was in the club for more than 30 minutes. The club manager wondered what could have happened if no one heard the children's cries.
“I mean 3-months old; he was upside down already… he was panicking; God only knows how much longer an upside infant has in a car seat,” Mays said.
Department of Children and Families was contacted and is conducting an investigation.
Source: theroot.com
