Dakota Valkyrie
December 8th, 2008, 06:16 PM
http://i34.tinypic.com/2qwh9tx.jpgJose Socorro Garcia-Ramirez, 27, was arrested on a child abandonment charge early Sunday in northwest Dallas.
A security guard for the apartment complex where Mr. Garcia-Ramirez lives called police about 2 a.m. when he saw a front door open and a 3-year-old girl inside, alone, crying, and shivering.
The temperature was about 35 degrees outside. No heat was on inside the apartment.
"The location where the [girl] was left alone has one of the highest crime rates for violent offenses in the city," a police report says. "Random gunfire was reported in the area where the [girl] had access to the opened door."
Officers took the girl to Child Protective Services.
About 5 a.m., officers returned to the apartment and were flagged down by the girl's mother and by Mr. Garcia-Ramirez, who smelled strongly of alcohol.
The girl's mother told officers she left the girl in the care of Mr. Garcia-Ramirez about 8 p.m. when she went to work.
Mr. Garcia-Ramirez told officers he left the apartment and went to a bar about 1 a.m. He stayed there drinking until about 4:30 a.m., he said, when he went to pick the girl's mother up from work.http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/12/police-man-left-3yearold-girl.html
A security guard for the apartment complex where Mr. Garcia-Ramirez lives called police about 2 a.m. when he saw a front door open and a 3-year-old girl inside, alone, crying, and shivering.
The temperature was about 35 degrees outside. No heat was on inside the apartment.
"The location where the [girl] was left alone has one of the highest crime rates for violent offenses in the city," a police report says. "Random gunfire was reported in the area where the [girl] had access to the opened door."
Officers took the girl to Child Protective Services.
About 5 a.m., officers returned to the apartment and were flagged down by the girl's mother and by Mr. Garcia-Ramirez, who smelled strongly of alcohol.
The girl's mother told officers she left the girl in the care of Mr. Garcia-Ramirez about 8 p.m. when she went to work.
Mr. Garcia-Ramirez told officers he left the apartment and went to a bar about 1 a.m. He stayed there drinking until about 4:30 a.m., he said, when he went to pick the girl's mother up from work.http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/12/police-man-left-3yearold-girl.html