Father jailed after children found living in filth in Miami Gardens, police say

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – A neighbor’s call about a crying 3-year-old boy found wandering the hallway of a Miami Gardens apartment building in the wee hours of Monday morning led officers to discover that he and his little sister were living in squalor, according to police.

Their 23-year-old father is now facing two child neglect charges.

An arrest report from the Miami Gardens Police Department states that officers responded to a building in the Oak Enclave complex, located in the 2300 block of Northwest 167th Street, at around 3:30 a.m. after the neighbor reported the distraught toddler looking for his mother…

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