Posted on: June 22, 2024, 03:56h. 

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A girl left her medically compromised, 16-month-old youngster unsupervised in a automobile for greater than 5 hours whereas the mother was inside a on line casino playing, Oklahoma police revealed this week.

Dacie Yeager was charged with youngster neglect for her actions on Could 31 on the Laborious Rock Resort And On line casino Tulsa.

Safety guards on the Catoosa, Okla. gaming property initially noticed the kid alone within the automotive. The engine was left operating and the automobile doorways have been locked.

Law enforcement officials pressured open the automotive and rescued the kid. The toddler, who’s reportedly on a feeding tube, was taken to a neighborhood hospital.

Yeager drove to the on line casino at 9:30 a.m. and didn’t return to the automotive till 3 p.m. when she ran out of the on line casino as police have been by the automotive.

Yeager initially informed officers the kid was left within the automotive for about 20 minutes. However after checking on line casino surveillance video it turned out she was alone for greater than 5 hours, Catoosa officers mentioned.

Lady Questioned by Cops

Lately launched physique cam video from a police officer revealed the interchange between the suspect and the officer, as offered by Oklahoma TV station KWTV.

Officer: “Ma’am cease proper there. Give me your ID proper fast.”

Officer: “Why are we leaving a child within the automotive?”

Yeager: “I went to go discover his dad.”

Officer: “Why are we leaving an toddler within the automotive?”

Yeager: “I went to go discover his dad.”

Officer: “That is stuff I put folks in jail for. Why are we leaving an toddler within the automotive?”

Yeager: “I used to be actually out…”

Officer: “We’d like to verify this child is okay.”

Yeager: “I’m a nurse.”

Officer: “Is the child okay?”

Officer: “Did you gamble a bit bit whenever you received right here?”

Yeager: “Yeah…”

Yeager was charged and booked in Rogers County jail. She posted bond and the case is pending in native court docket.

The kid was taken by youngster welfare employees.

Police Chief Condemns Actions

“The mother mentioned she had given beginning to the kid early, it has some medical downside, has a feeding tube that hadn’t been addressed, once they received to the hospital the kid had a dirty diaper,” Catoosa Police Chief Ronnie Benight informed KWTV.

How irresponsible are you able to be? Should you’ve received an issue, get assist. Particularly whether it is to the purpose the place you might be endangering your kids,” Benight added. “Anyone might break into your automotive and steal the automotive, automotive might stop operating, the air-con might cease.”

The excessive temperature that day in Catoosa was 78 levels, in accordance with AccuWeather.