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Florida parents left boy, 16, by side of the road with bag of guns and told him to fend for himself, police say
Daily Mail ^ | 10-9-25 | JAMES CIRRONE

Posted on 10/10/2025 7:13:10 AM PDT by dynachrome

A Florida couple was arrested last week after police said they abandoned their 16-year-old son on the side of the road with a bag full of guns.

The parents, Bradley Leon Guerrero Santos, 36, and Rosanella Mendiola Borja, 35, are facing child neglect charges.

Police in North Port, a city near Sarasota, received a 911 call on the evening of October 1 about 'a suspicious male' who was walking south on the northbound side on Interstate-75, according to a probable cause affidavit.

An officer approached the boy, who reluctantly identified himself as the child of Santos and Borja.

He said that when he got home from school that day, his parents told him they were taking a trip.

After he walked the family dog, he saw them 'frantically throwing clothes into two duffel bags' before rushing the him and his eight-year-old sibling into the car, the affidavit said.

Once the teenager was told that their destination was 'either Guam or Idaho', he said he didn't want to go, police said.

That's allegedly when Santos and Borja kicked him out of the car, leaving him with two semiautomatic pistols in a bag and some cash. He was also told to 'take care of the house', police said.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: abandon; bagofguns; banglist; childabuse; eitherguamoridaho; florida

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To: riverrunner
At 16 with guns and money I could easily survived

Eventually you'd want a lawyer too.

41 posted on 10/10/2025 8:41:13 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

1) There was a time in this country where that wouldn’t have been thought unusual.
2) Did they leave him a lighter, chocolate, and a first aid kit?


42 posted on 10/10/2025 8:58:38 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." Jimi Hendrix)
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To: hoosierham

No, they loved me. They were always giving me gifts.
Usually it was radios or toasters while I was bathing.
(running finger under collar)


43 posted on 10/10/2025 9:00:41 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: 1Old Pro

I was left alone to take care of the the farm at that age.


44 posted on 10/10/2025 9:23:01 AM PDT by riverrunner
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To: tumblindice

:-)


45 posted on 10/10/2025 10:18:56 AM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: If You Want It Fixed - Fix It

Sounds like something I would do.

Great song lyrics


46 posted on 10/10/2025 9:44:17 PM PDT by drSteve78 (Covid injections killed my wife with turbo cancer because she believed The Science.🤬)
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To: riverrunner

I was left alone to take care of the farm at 12.While parents went to jobs miles away for the whole day!
Oh, the horror!


47 posted on 10/11/2025 1:42:44 PM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isnt free)
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To: dynachrome

their destination was ‘either Guam or Idaho’


Wonder who their travel agent is.....................


48 posted on 10/11/2025 1:44:43 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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