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Bodycam Released as Sunrise Mother Charged With Leaving Kids in Uber

Arrest records describe signs of intoxication after officers responded to a driver's report that two toddlers had been left in his car.

Overview

  • Sunrise police published bodycam footage from the arrest of Emily Sabogal after an Uber driver reported her 3- and 4-year-old children were left in his vehicle.
  • Sabogal is charged with one count of child neglect and two counts of child desertion and was released on a $1,500 bond, according to arrest records.
  • The driver told officers he waited more than two hours and showed a cup he said smelled of rum, alleging she appeared intoxicated.
  • Officers said the toddlers were thirsty and hungry but in good health before locating Sabogal at a shopping plaza roughly two miles away.
  • On bodycam, Sabogal denied abandoning the children and cited a dead phone after investigators said she canceled the ride, tipped $10, and failed to return.