'Don't want this to be another slap on the wrist': Mom accused of leaving kids alone in Uber faces new child neglect charge as father rages

A Florida pistillate who allegedly near her kids unsocial successful an Uber for implicit 2 hours portion she walked astir municipality and cops searched for her is facing a caller kid neglect charge.

Emily Sabogal, 32, present faces 2 charges of child neglect and unlawful kid desertion, according to constabulary successful Sunrise. An Uber operator called cops successful February aft Sabogal allegedly near her kids successful his car for much than 2 hours, forcing cops to look for her. Prosecutors added the complaint during a proceeding connected Wednesday.

After the hearing, section NBC affiliate WTVJ caught up with the begetter of the children — and helium was nary excessively pleased with Sabogal.

"I'm present to question justness for my kids. I privation prosecution is what I want," helium told the TV station. "This has been going connected for a agelong time, and I don't privation this to beryllium different slap connected the wrist."

He is present caring for the children arsenic their parent goes done the ineligible process. He said Sabogal enactment them successful danger.

"Anything could've happened to them," helium told the outlet. "We unrecorded successful a authorities wherever there's kidnapping, rape, murder, and she conscionable handed them disconnected to somebody. If I tin beryllium wholly real, I anticipation she goes to jail."

Sabogal was arraigned connected the caller complaint and has a tribunal day acceptable for July 31.

Local ABC affiliate WPLG obtained assemblage camera footage that captured Sabogal's arrest.

"You conscionable near your kids with an Uber," an serviceman told Sabogal. "We were each implicit municipality looking for you… You near your kids for 2 hours."

Asked wherever she was going, Sabogal said she was going home.

"So you were conscionable going to permission the Uber and locomotion home?" the serviceman asked.

Sabogal replied she wasn't going to locomotion location but explained that her concern was "really complicated."

"I recognize that, but your No. 1 precedence should beryllium your kids," the serviceman said.

The parent went connected to accidental that she doesn't person a car and her telephone died. The kids were with her aft she picked them up from karate people earlier successful the night.

"My kids are everything to me," she said.

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Sabogal past stated she didn't cognize what was going on.

"What's going connected is you deserted your kids for 2 hours," the serviceman scolded. "That's what's going on. You deserted your kids for 2 hours. That's what's going on. That Uber operator has been sitting with your kids waiting for you to travel backmost for the past 2 hours."

As Law&Crime previously reported, an apprehension study said cops responded astir 11 p.m. Feb. 13 to a study astir 2 unattended children. The Uber operator said helium picked up Sabogal and her 2 kids earlier successful the night.

Sabogal was holding a cupful with what the operator believed to beryllium alcohol, the affidavit said. She allegedly kept repeating successful Spanish "he thinks I'm stupid" earlier she grabbed his telephone and canceled the ride. She past gave him $10 and asked him to crook onto NW 108th Ave from NW 50th Street, wherever she asked the operator to stop, according to the driver.

The suspect got retired of the car and said she'd beryllium backmost successful a mates of minutes, the affidavit said. Sabogal walked retired of sight, frankincense "deserting her 2 children and putting them astatine an unreasonable hazard by leaving them unsocial with an chartless individual," cops wrote. The children seemed unbothered by what was transpiring and were adjacent playful, officers noted.

After astir an hour, the Uber operator called the parent and asked erstwhile she would beryllium returning. She responded she'd beryllium backmost successful "12 minutes," the affidavit said. But she ne'er showed and she wasn't answering his telephone calls, cops said. After 2 hours had passed, the operator called 911.

Sabogal "showed that she had nary intent connected returning owed to her lengthy absence," the affidavit stated.

Cops observed the kids to beryllium successful bully health, though they said they were thirsty and hungry.

"I provided them with nutrient and h2o arsenic they besides expressed interest for their mother," cops wrote.

Officers recovered Sabogal walking adjacent a McDonald's much than 2 miles distant and took her into custody. She could not explicate wherefore she near her kids unsocial oregon however she arrived astatine McDonald's, according to police.

Cops spoke with unit astatine Bob G's Wings N Things, a section restaurant, who confirmed Sabogal was astatine the constitution with her kids earlier successful the night. Staff told cops that the suspect "enjoyed aggregate alcoholic beverages astatine the bar" arsenic her children were moving astir unsupervised.

Sabogal smelled of intoxicant and had slurred speech, constabulary allege. She was arrested and taken to the Broward County Jail wherever she has since posted bond. The children were released to a household member.

The begetter of the children told WPLG that this wasn't the archetypal clip Sabogal has behaved erratically. He said helium was "very concerned" for the information of his kids.

"Moving forward, she needs help. I don't recognize however idiosyncratic successful their close caput would bash thing similar this," helium told the TV station. "She's evidently not OK, and this needs to end."