The Brief
- J’quawn Dixon was charged with two counts of second-degree cruelty to children for leaving a child in a vehicle without air conditioning for 41 minutes in 80-degree weather.
- Law enforcement recorded temperatures of 104 and 106 degrees inside the vehicle where the child was left.
- Dixon was arrested, booked into Cobb County Jail, and released the next day on a $10,000 bond.
COBB COUNTY, Ga. – A Snellville man has been charged with two counts of felony child cruelty after authorities say he left a child inside a parked vehicle for over 40 minutes in 80-degree weather outside Cumberland Mall in Cobb County.
What we know:
According to a criminal warrant issued in Cobb County, J’quawn Dixon was charged with two counts of second-degree cruelty to children. The warrant states that Dixon “with criminal negligence caused a child under the age of 18 cruel or excessive physical or mental pain,” by leaving the child inside a vehicle without air conditioning for 41 minutes between 12:21 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. on June 4.…