MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A Texas man was arrested Thursday in Miami Beach after police said his 12-year-old foster son, who has autism, was found running through traffic wearing only a white T-shirt and his underwear while the child’s younger sibling remained unattended in a hotel room.
According to an arrest report from the Miami Beach Police Department, Francisco Javier Lara, 55, who is a teacher from Austin, Texas, was arrested on two counts of child neglect without great bodily harm.
Police said officers responded to reports of a child running in and out of traffic near 33rd Street and Pinetree Drive at about 12:15 p.m.
Officers located the pre-teen running southbound before he entered a home in the 3000 block of Pinetree Drive, where officers were able to safely secure him, authorities said…