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Florida mom abandoned toddler son in running car to go swimming and ‘meet sharks’: cops
Posted on 9/13/23 at 8:44 am
Posted on 9/13/23 at 8:44 am
Allison Daugherty pictured moments before she was arrested off a Florida pier on Monday.
Allison Daugherty, 41, remains in custody on one count of child neglect.
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A Florida mom has been charged with child neglect for allegedly abandoning her 2-year-old son in a still-running vehicle to go swimming for nearly 45 minutes — while saying she wanted to “meet sharks.”
Allison Sarah Daughtery, 41, was taken into custody when authorities were alerted by a witness who saw her allegedly leave her son in a car while she went swimming off Bokeelia Fishing Pier around 10:30 a.m. Monday, NBC 2 reported.
According to the witness, Daughtery – who is listed as being transient on the arrest record – parked her car near the pier and turned up the radio before jumping into the water.
Twenty minutes later, the passerby noticed the small boy crawling around the vehicle, which was left running with the air conditioning on, they added.
A group fishing off the pier also reportedly yelled warnings to avoid their hooks — just for Daughterty to say “she wanted to get hooked” and “would want to meet sharks,” the report said, noting that sharks are often seen in the waters.
When deputies arrived, she reportedly swam out even further before she was brought ashore in a rescue boat.
By then, Daughtery had left the toddler alone in the car for about 44 minutes, FOX 4 said.
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Her son – who staffers at the nearby Cap’tn Con’s restaurant said was still in diapers – reportedly ate lunch at the eatery before being picked up by a relative, they told NBC 4.
“He was a sweet little boy, very well-behaved,” staffer Jenny Wray recalled.
“He sat and ate and watched TV like oblivious to what was going on, thank god.”
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As of Wednesday morning, Daugherty remains in custody on one charge of child neglect, or leaving an unattended child in a motor vehicle for an excess of 15 minutes, the arrest record shows.
Her bond has been set at $250, and she is due at a court hearing on Oct. 2.
Daugherty was taken into custody by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.
Florida mom abandoned toddler son in running car to go swimming and ‘meet sharks’: cops
Posted on 9/13/23 at 8:45 am to saint tiger225
She's just living her best life and not being weighed down by a pesky thing like a toddler
Posted on 9/13/23 at 8:46 am to saint tiger225
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A group fishing off the pier also reportedly yelled warnings to avoid their hooks — just for Daughterty to say “she wanted to get hooked”
Hooker confirmed
Posted on 9/13/23 at 8:47 am to saint tiger225
Did they really bust out the helicopter for this event?
Posted on 9/13/23 at 8:47 am to saint tiger225
Look how much she regrets it in that pic.
In a weird way, I guess it's good she left the car running.
In a weird way, I guess it's good she left the car running.
This post was edited on 9/13/23 at 8:49 am
Posted on 9/13/23 at 8:48 am to saint tiger225
She looks like an in between picture from a faces of meth commercial.
Posted on 9/13/23 at 8:49 am to saint tiger225
If she wasn't poor, she'd be on OF......albeit unsuccessfully
Posted on 9/13/23 at 8:50 am to stout
Kind of scary she is homeless with a 2 year old. I don't know much about child protection laws or any of that, but seems to me he would have been taken from her before this incident.
Hopefully, the family members that took him in are good people who will get custody and possibly save this young kids life.
Hopefully, the family members that took him in are good people who will get custody and possibly save this young kids life.
Posted on 9/13/23 at 8:50 am to saint tiger225
Lemme guess... Florida man IS the father
Posted on 9/13/23 at 8:53 am to CocomoLSU
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Look how much she regrets it in that pic.
It's disgusting and sad.
She clearly has mental health issues and shouldn't have had a kid or be taking care of a kid. The article mentioned this from the workers at the restaurant...
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Daughtery and her son had visited the restaurant at least three times in the last week prior to her arrest, Wray added.
Each time, she noted, the mother was behaving oddly.
“We called the sheriff’s office [on Monday]; she didn’t seem drunk. She didn’t seem intoxicated,” she alleged. “Something was just off.”
Posted on 9/13/23 at 9:13 am to CocomoLSU
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Look how much she regrets it in that pic.
She's clearly severely mentally ill.
Posted on 9/13/23 at 9:18 am to saint tiger225
Car was running.. What's the issue here? She even turned the radio up!
Posted on 9/13/23 at 10:51 am to CocomoLSU
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it's good she left the car running.
Makes her a shoo in for Mother of the Year.
Posted on 9/13/23 at 10:54 am to saint tiger225
Well, her names not Alison Sony
Posted on 9/13/23 at 11:20 am to saint tiger225
100% does butt stuff
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