Florida man leaves 4-year-old child home alone as wife gets busted for having drugs in stolen vehicle: FHP

The Brief

  • A Florida woman was arrested after troopers said they found drugs inside a stolen car she was driving.
  • The woman’s husband was arrested after troopers said he pulled up to his wife’s traffic stop and told troopers he had left a 4-year-old girl home alone.
  • The couple was taken to the Polk County Jail without incident.

DAVENPORT, Fla. A Florida couple is facing charges after troopers found drugs in the wife’s car after pulling her over for driving a stolen vehicle and learned that her husband left her 4-year-old daughter home alone.

Traffic stop leads to drug bust

The backstory:

On Wednesday, troopers conducting traffic enforcement in Polk County said they saw a gray Chrysler Pacifica westbound on Ernie Caldwell Blvd.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the Pacifica had New York license plates and had been reported stolen.

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