Watch: Police Spring Into Action After Crying Kids Are Stuck in Car in 117 Degree Heat
On June 4 in Cobb County,Georgia,police rescued two toddlers who had been locked inside a car that reached a dangerously high temperature of 117 degrees Fahrenheit. A concerned shopper noticed the children crying alone in the backseat and called 911.Officers arrived around 1:03 p.m., broke the car window, and removed the children, who had been inside for about 40 minutes. The father, J’Quawn Dixon, was arrested and charged with second-degree cruelty to children for neglecting to provide air conditioning and leaving the kids in the hot vehicle. The Cobb County Police Department released body camera footage of the rescue, emphasizing the crucial role of the vigilant citizen’s quick call that saved the children’s lives. Dixon was later released on a $10,000 bond.
Body camera footage released Monday showed police rescuing two toddlers locked in a hot car in Cobb County, Georgia.
The incident happened on June 4 around 1:00 p.m., when the temperature in the car was a sweltering 117 degrees Fahrenheit, according to WAGA-TV in Atlanta.
“I am standing outside of the Dick’s at Cumberland Mall and there are two children in a car by themselves — small kids crying,” a caller told police on the phone.
“The windows are cracked, but I don’t think that’s right. We just came out of Dick’s and I heard kids crying,” she said.
Footage showed a responding Cobb County policeman breaking the driver side window before removing a little boy and girl from the back seat of the car.
NEW: Georgia police officers save two toddlers roasting in a car that reached an internal temperature of 117 degrees.
Infuriating.
Cobb County Police responded to a call after a shopper noticed two small children sobbing in the backseat of a car.
The father, J’Quawn Dixon,… pic.twitter.com/rOLCES02vb
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“It’s OK,” the officer said to the boy. “Oh, you’re hot.”
The children were locked in the car for about 40 minutes.
Nearly half an hour after rescuing the kids, the officers arrested J’quawn Dixon, who later stood charged with second-degree cruelty to children.
It is unclear if he is the father to both children, according to Fox News.
Dixon reportedly went into the mall at 12:24 p.m., and officers said they arrived at 1:03 p.m.
According to his arrest warrant, Dixon “with criminal negligence caused a child under the age of 18 cruel or excessive physical or mental pain” by leaving the child inside a vehicle for 41 minutes without air conditioning, WAGA-TV reported.
The Cobb County Police Department posted a statement to on Monday, along with footage of the incident.
“A big THANK YOU to the concerned citizens who called 911. Your quick action is the reason these kids are safe today. You saw something and did something, and that made all the difference,” the statement read.
The footage also showed Dixon getting into the back of a police vehicle.
Police later booked him into Cobb County Jail.
His bond was set at $10,000, and he walked free the next day, according to WAGA-TV.
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