MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida man, Bradley Andrew Mullis, 39, was arrested on Saturday night after his young child was found unattended near U.S. 1.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office discovered the toddler in pajamas wandering near the busy highway in Islamorada around 11:46 p.m. Two bystanders intervened to prevent the child from running into traffic.
The child was unharmed and identified as Mullis’ child, who lived nearby.
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Deputies found Mullis’ home with the front door open and no one inside.
Mullis returned shortly afterward and provided inconsistent explanations for his absence. He was subsequently arrested and charged with child neglect.
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