Ross County – Deputies are investigating a situation that went from bad to worse when a call came into the 911 system of a 2-year-old that was wandering the streets alone.
Deputies arrived on the scene around 9:35 am in the area of Cooks Creek roadway on Thursday morning. Where they found a 2-year-old following a dog. The toddler was taken into safe custody while the parents were sought out.
Deputies eventually found where the child came from because of an open door of a residence, when they knocked they woke up a man that was caring for two other young children in the home. During the interview with deputies, the suspect gave false information to deputies, then when caught in his lies, he fled the scene on foot leaving the young children behind.
Deputies reported that criminal charges against the man are likely, we will update when an arrest is made.
