A man left his 4-month-old son in a shopping cart in the Home Depot parking lot over the weekend in Avon and didn’t realize the baby was missing until he had driven to Edwards, police say.
The Home Depot store manager called police Sunday after a customer came in and told him there was a baby in the parking lot, according to the police report.
When Avon police arrived, an officer saw the baby’s father pulling into the parking lot. He told police he was loading his shopping items into his car when his brother called on his cellphone. He was talking on the phone as he put the cart back in the storage area and then drove off.
He was in Edwards by the time he realized he didn’t have the baby.
The baby’s grandmother took the infant home and planned to keep him until the baby’s mother got back from vacation.
Avon police issued the father a summons for child abuse and criminal negligence and released him. Vail Daily
