Jack Bamping found wandering toddler in street

[Sister Iroz]

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- A toddler found wandering near busy Timuquana Road is back with his mother, thanks to a good Samaritan.

Jack Bamping said he saw what appeared to be a one-year-old boy in shorts and a t-shirt walking on the side of the road as he drove to work Friday morning.

He pulled over, grabbed the kid and walked up to a nearby house that had the front door wide open.

Bamping said he woke up the boy's mother, handed over the boy and called police.

The boy appeared fine. The mother told Bamping the boy did get out of the house. She wouldn't say how or who was supposed to be watching him.

Bamping said what disappointed him most is that police took about an hour and a half to get there.

The Florida Department of Children and Families says it interviewed the mother and it appears it was just an accident.

They say it is unlikely she will face criminal charges.http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=144071&provider=rss

[Valasca]

Yeah, well, she'd have been charged with neglect if the child had been killed.

[Silvahalo]

Pffft. it's Florida.

The Florida Department of Children and Families says it interviewed the mother and it appears it was just an accident.

They say it is unlikely she will face criminal charges. I hope they at least investigate and not just go no harm done. At the least she should be told to get dead-bolts, I hope at the very least she was ordered to do that.

I'm very glad this good Samaritan took the time to stick around for an hour and a half making sure police arrived. Be safe little one.

[ImmortalOne]

.... The police needed to do more, how did the guy know what house the little one belonged to?

I am so thankful that Itty Bit doesn't climb out of her crib yet.