A couple from Arizona have been arrested after leaving their two-year-old son at home to go out and play Pokemon GO.

Police found the youngster abandoned outside his family's residence in East Payton Street in San Tan Valley.

The temperature was 30C (90F), he had no water and he was screaming and crying and trying to get back inside.

His parents, Brent and Brianne Daley, aged 27 and 25, admitted leaving him around 90 minutes earlier and have been charged with child endangerment and child neglect.

Sheriff Paul Babeu said: "(We) have been warning people about personal safety while playing this interactive smartphone game.


"But we never would have imagined that parents would abandon a child to play Pokemon Go. This goes beyond comprehension."

Police say they found what they believed to be his father's telephone number and rang him.

When told his son had been found abandoned, he allegedly replied "Whatever" and hung up.

When the Daleys returned home almost an hour later they insisted they had only gone out to put fuel in their car.

According to police they later admitted they had been playing Pokemon GO, "stopping at parks and other places to interact with the game".

Meanwhile, a New Jersey resident is suing Niantic and Nintendo because players of the game keep showing up at his home uninvited, according to US media reports.

The man claims the two companies behind the game have created a nuisance and wants class-action status on behalf of other Americans who claim players have trespassed on their properties.