Houston Chronicle

Man charged after child left to walk in street

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A 21-year-old man has been charged with endangerin­g the life of a child, accused of letting a 2-year-old he was babysittin­g walk in the street alone.

Davion Kelly, 21, was charged after the child was found walking in the 19700 block of Waterflowe­r Drive Saturday, the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office said in a news release.

Deputies were told the child had been lost for over 30 minutes, the constable's office wrote. The deputies took the child door-to-door until they identified Kelly, "who appeared to have just woken up," as the child's babysitter, the constable's office added.

Kelly was released from the Harris County Jail on $1,500 bond, the constable's office wrote.

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