A grandfather was arrested earlier this month after a 7-year-old girl used a mallet to break out of a hot car, the Thornton Police Department said Wednesday in its weekly briefing.
On July 6 around 5:30 p.m., Thornton police were called to the area of E. 88th Ave, on report of a child locked inside a vehicle while it was approximately 90 degrees outside.
Thornton police said investigators found a 62-year-old man had left his granddaughter alone in the vehicle while he went into a nearby store. After about 20 minutes, the child got overheated and used a mallet that was inside the car to break a passenger window. Bystanders helped the child out of the vehicle before first responders arrived, according to Thornton police…