A father and grandmother were arrested after they left a 3-year-old locked in a car while they shopped at a Lake Wales Walmart, police said.Lake Wales police were called to the store about 4 p.m. Wednesday after a customer spotted the child in the car and alerted store employees.Police said they found a 3-year-old girl sitting in her car seat in the back of a Honda SUV. The SUV’s back windows were cracked and the vehicle was turned off. The girl was sweating and had red checks, police said.Officers broke open a window and pulled the girl to safety. She was taken to a hospital and is expected to be OK.Walmart paged the vehicle’s owner, and when girl’s grandmother, Anna Adams, 57, and father, Timothy Adams, 28, walked outside they both told officers they thought the other had the girl.Authorities said surveillance video showed them walking into the store together and both were arrested on suspicion of child neglect.

A father and grandmother were arrested after they left a 3-year-old locked in a car while they shopped at a Lake Wales Walmart, police said.

Lake Wales police were called to the store about 4 p.m. Wednesday after a customer spotted the child in the car and alerted store employees.


Police said they found a 3-year-old girl sitting in her car seat in the back of a Honda SUV. The SUV’s back windows were cracked and the vehicle was turned off. The girl was sweating and had red checks, police said.

Officers broke open a window and pulled the girl to safety. She was taken to a hospital and is expected to be OK.

Walmart paged the vehicle’s owner, and when girl’s grandmother, Anna Adams, 57, and father, Timothy Adams, 28, walked outside they both told officers they thought the other had the girl.

Authorities said surveillance video showed them walking into the store together and both were arrested on suspicion of child neglect.