Dad left 6-year-old 'sleeping in line outside Target' to hold place for new Pokemon cards while he went home: Police

Inset: John-Michael Dooley (Al Cannon Detention Center). Background: The Target wherever Dooley allegedly near his 6-year-old girl unsocial to clasp his spot successful enactment for Pokemon cards (Google Maps).

A 35-year-old begetter successful South Carolina is accused of leaving his 6-year-old girl "sleeping successful enactment extracurricular Target," allegedly utilizing the child to clasp his spot truthful helium could acquisition a recently released acceptable of Pokemon trading cards.

John-Michael Dooley was taken into custody Friday and charged with 1 number of unlawful behaviour toward a child, tribunal records show.

According to a news release from the Charleston Police Department, officers responded astir 2:30 a.m. to the West Ashley Target successful the 2000 artifact of Sam Rittenberg Blvd., for a study of an "unattached child," meaning a kid with nary big supervision successful a nationalist space.

Upon arriving, archetypal responders learned that the 6-year-old miss had been "waiting successful enactment with her father," aboriginal identified arsenic Dooley, who was nary longer successful the area. Police said galore different radical had "gathered extracurricular the store" and were waiting overnight "in anticipation of the merchandise of a caller Pokemon trading paper set."

Several witnesses told constabulary that sometime aft 1 a.m. Dooley "gave his girl a pillow and broad earlier leaving her dormant successful line." After waiting astir an hr for him to return, acrophobic customers decided to telephone the police.

When Dooley returned to the Target, the witnesses successful enactment identified him to police, who placed him nether arrest.

"During an interrogation with detectives, Dooley admitted that helium had returned home, leaving his girl unattended truthful helium could support his spot successful enactment and debar missing the accidental to acquisition the cards," constabulary wrote successful the release.

Authorities said the kid was not harmed. After her father's arrest, the miss was placed successful exigency protective custody with the South Carolina Department of Social Services.

Dooley was transported to the Al Cannon Detention Center for processing. He appeared for a proceeding Friday day wherever a justice acceptable his enslaved astatine $40,000.

Dooley is scheduled to marque his archetypal quality successful tribunal connected Dec. 18. His 2nd quality is presently scheduled for April 16, 2027, records show.

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