JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A father faces child neglect charges after reportedly leaving his child in a car while working on Sunday.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office responded to the parking lot of American Signature Furniture store on Atlantic Boulevard around 11:20 a.m.
A witness told officers the child had been in the car for more than 20 minutes.
The father, 49-year-old Hamid Ahmad Ahmadzada, works for the store's cleaning company. The surveillance video showed officers that Ahmadzada walked into the store at 10:37 a.m. and seen leaving at 11:35 a.m.
JSO said the vehicle was under a tree, partially shaded, and the driver's window was halfway down while the other three were a third of the way down. Officers said the child was not in distress.
The child is in the care of the mother.
Ahmadzada is charged with child neglect that does not cause great bodily harm.