A married couple who said they work as a lawyer and a judge in South Korea were charged in Superior Court of Guam Tuesday after authorities retrieved their unattended children, including an infant, from their car parked outside Kmart Monday afternoon, according to a magistrate’s complaint.

Sangwoo Yoon, 38, and Jungeun Sul, 35, were each charged with two misdemeanor counts of child abuse and one count of leaving children unattended or unsupervised in a motor vehicle, as a petty misdemeanor.

Two women called authorities to the Tamuning store at about 2:50 p.m. on Monday after they saw a 6-year-old and a 1-year-old seated in the back seat of a gray Mitsbushi Lancer, court documents state. The car reportedly wasn’t running and all the un-tinted windows were rolled up.

When police arrived at about 2:54 p.m, an officer knocked on the window and shouted at the kids, who appeared slumped forward in their seats. But his shouting didn’t wake them up, court documents state.

At about 3 p.m. Guam Fire Department technicians worked on wedging the door open, while police continued to try and wake the children, both of whom had sweat streaming from their faces, documents state.

About five minutes later, the driver’s door was unlocked, allowing the other car doors to be opened. One officer noted that he felt hot air escape from the car. The kids were woken up and assessed by GFD, according to the court complaint.

The children reportedly didn’t have any injuries.

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At about 3:15 p.m., parents Yoon and Sul approached the officer, and Yoon reportedly said, “We were only in the store for three minutes,” court documents state.

Police interviewed one of the women who called authorities. She said they were walking to their car, around 2:30 p.m., when they passed the Mitsubishi Lancer and she saw kids in the car, appearing to be asleep, court documents state.

She didn’t see any adults, and the two women knocked on the window to wake the kids, but they didn’t respond, which is when they called 911, according to court documents.

Yoon and Sul told police they went to shop at Kmart and decided to leave their kids in the car while they went inside the store, court documents state. Yoon told police he rolled up the windows and turned the engine off before he and his wife left the car, documents state.

Yoon told police he is a lawyer in South Korea and his wife is a judge.

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Shawn Travis Llagas Cruz and Victoria Lynn Quidachay Siaotong returned home from running errands with their children and did not notice Tyler Cruz was not in the house until two hours later.