Body cam video shows children abandoned by father at North Miami Burger King, cops say

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NORTH MIAMI, Fla. – Newly-released assemblage camera video shows constabulary encountering children they accidental were abandoned astatine a Burger King successful North Miami by their 69-year-old father.

According to an apprehension study from the North Miami Police Department, the incidental occurred Wednesday nighttime astatine the Burger King located astatine 12790 NW Seventh Ave.

Police said the manager called constabulary aft noticing that 2 young kids were unsocial successful the playground country with nary big present.

A responding serviceman said the children, ages 4 and 9, were recovered successful a “dirty state.”

“He said, we ‘can enactment determination for 10 much minutes,’” a kid is heard saying successful the video.

They were fixed foodstuff astatine the edifice earlier their father, Yves Benjamin, returned, authorities confirmed.

According to police, Benjamin returned to the accelerated nutrient edifice astatine 8:05 p.m., and surveillance video showed helium had near astatine 7:28 p.m.

He claimed helium had asked a “random” big determination to ticker his children, but each big wrong the edifice confirmed they had not been approached by Benjamin, the study stated.

“You conscionable ne'er cognize who’s lurking around,” North Miami constabulary Capt. Kessler Brooks said. “Leaving the kids unsupervised for immoderate play of clip is not a harmless thing. We’ve seen each excessively often.”

According to the report, Benjamin “failed to supply indispensable care, supervision, food, oregon water” for his kids during his absence.

“Anyone who thinks that they tin permission a 9-year-old and a 5-year-old unsocial successful a nationalist setting, perfectly wrong, not adjacent for a divided second,” Brooks said. “Please don’t crook your backmost connected your children. Anything could happen. Not everyone has the champion of intentions retired there.”

He was arrested connected a kid neglect charge.