A Florida mom was arrested Sunday for leaving a 3-year-old girl unattended in the water. The child was saved by a good samaritan who pulled the child from the ocean water.
The Sheriff’s Office was called to Gilbert’s Resort in Key Largo at approximately 6 p.m. after a good Samaritan pulled the child from the water at the beach.
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Deputies say the child was not wearing any flotation devices and appeared to be drowning on a security video of the incident.
The good Samaritan and a resort employee could not immediately find the child’s guardian following the rescue.
The mother, identified as 28-year-old Yavelin Fernandez of Homestead, Florida,, was later found and appeared to be intoxicated.
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The video showed Fernandez left the 3-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy unattended.
Fernandez was belligerent and yelling at deputies. She was arrested and booked into the Monroe County Jail on no bond.
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