Brandon man charged for allegedly abandoning children while babysitting

Source:  Brandon Police Service Media Release

On February 26th, 2019 BPS members charged a 33 year old Brandon man after an ongoing investigation into a child abandonment complaint. The man had been asked by the children’s mother to babysit her 2 children for a short period of time but when the mother returned, the man had apparently left the residence leaving the children alone. As a result of this incident, the man was charged with Child Abandonment and will appear in Brandon Court on April 15th, 2019. On March 4^th, 2019. The mother of the children a 37 year old Brandon woman was also charged for Child Abandonment stemming from the same incident. The woman was released on a PTA to appear in Brandon Court on April 15th, 2019