A three a.m. store alarm at a Family Dollar store was set off by an
unlikely intruder – a four-year-old who snuck in, sat down and
proceeded to play with the store's collection of toys.
Police
in Beaumont, Texas, who responded to the alarm around three a.m., say
footage from a store video camera show the little boy tried first one
door than another, using one that had been left unsecured to slip
inside. Police later found a member of the boy's family out looking for
him - they believe the tot unlocked the door to his house, slipped out
and walked several blocks to the dollar store.
He had to cross a seven-lane highway to get to his destination.
Child protective services are checking into the matter, but police have
said that other than being out in the middle of the night, there was
nothing about the child that would cry abuse. He was gregarious,
well-mannered and looked to be in good health.
This is one of those stories that - as a parent - gives me the
heebie jeebies! I live in the middle of nowhere, so the call of toys
wouldn't send her out to a store in the middle of the night - but there
are ponds and coyotes and all sorts of other nighttime dangers that put
that seven-lane highway to shame. And pint-sized Houdinis are all alike
- adventuresome.
It's nice to know this little boy's story ended well, but it does
make me wonder if we shouldn't be adding a few more "high up" locks to
the front door.
Source/Image: KFDM
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