GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Police say a five-year-old boy who was found alone at a Gainesville Walmart on Sunday was left there by his father, who now faces a reckless endangerment charge.
The child is currently in DFCS custody.
Gainesville Police said in a release Monday morning that Alejandro Cruz-Cervantes, 36, "did leave the child at Walmart unattended without guardianship and with no attempt to retrieve the child."
Cruz-Cervantes is currently being held at Hall County Jail, police said.
At around 11:30 a.m. Sunday, officers were sent to the Walmart at 400 Shallowford Rd. in Gainesville. There, they learned that a boy had been found alone in the store.
The child was believed to have been dropped off at the store by a white Ford cargo van. They provided a picture of the man who left him there, now identified as Cruz-Cervantes, to the media.
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