Overview
- The couple, Ryan and May Mullin, allegedly left an Arizona Cardinals open practice and walked with their two children for about three hours in roughly 108°F heat on Sunday, according to police and court records.
- A bystander reported seeing the parents stumble and offered a ride, and police say the father punched the woman’s vehicle and injured his face during that interaction.
- Body-camera footage and officer accounts show an officer confronting the father as he crossed a street with one child, the father gripping the child’s wrist, refusing commands, and being restrained after an officer threatened force.
- Officers reported strong signs of intoxication in both parents and said the two children, ages two and four, appeared dehydrated, while details such as blood-alcohol levels and full medical evaluations have not been publicly released.
- A judge released the Mullins on their own recognizance with orders barring unsupervised contact and requiring pretrial alcohol and drug testing and monitoring, and the criminal case remains pending with potential custody and welfare implications for the children.