Child left in hot car at Cumberland Mall; Snellville man arrested

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.

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