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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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My folks would have smeared me with peanut butter and left me in bear country.
1 posted on 10/10/2025 7:13:10 AM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

Astonishing. At least we’ve identified two adults that need to be prosecuted and jailed and off the streets and away from children.


2 posted on 10/10/2025 7:16:05 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

These depraved abominations calling themselves parental units need some serious prison time.


3 posted on 10/10/2025 7:20:31 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: dynachrome

4 posted on 10/10/2025 7:20:35 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (בראשית ברא אלקים את השמים ואת הארץ)
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To: dynachrome

“It’s either Guam or Idaho, pick one!”
Sounds like those kooky parents were fleeing an oncoming threat. What could they have been so afraid of?


5 posted on 10/10/2025 7:23:13 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: dynachrome

Wonder who they’re running from?


6 posted on 10/10/2025 7:23:47 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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Wonder who they’re running from?

Probably the dude they stole drugs from.

7 posted on 10/10/2025 7:26:16 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: dynachrome
Typical media headline and grabber... "bag full of guns" becomes two guns in a bag as you read the story.

They literally profit from lying and misleading in the headline and the opening sentence.

8 posted on 10/10/2025 7:26:52 AM PDT by Teacher317
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To: nuconvert

ICE


9 posted on 10/10/2025 7:27:04 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: dynachrome

Prayers for this young man and for his erstwhile family.


10 posted on 10/10/2025 7:28:01 AM PDT by skr (1 Peter 1:15 - But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation)
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To: dynachrome

Well. At least they left him with a bag of guns.


11 posted on 10/10/2025 7:28:03 AM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est.)
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To: shelterguy

That was my first thought. Immediately.


12 posted on 10/10/2025 7:28:58 AM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est.)
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To: Teacher317

Agreed. And for all we know, the 16-year-old ran away from his parents instead of being abandoned.


13 posted on 10/10/2025 7:30:38 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Teacher317

I once read a article in a newspaper referring to a kid that shot an arrow into the sky, only to be hit by his own arrow (forget if it killed him) as a “bloodbath
.”

Hyperbole is an understatement when it comes to our media.


14 posted on 10/10/2025 7:32:51 AM PDT by Red6
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15 posted on 10/10/2025 7:33:37 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: dynachrome

Bilbo Bag Guns


16 posted on 10/10/2025 7:34:13 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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Bilbo Bag Guns


LOL! You have talent!


17 posted on 10/10/2025 7:38:48 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: dynachrome

This happened to my Great Grandfather. The father died, mom remarried and her new husband said that he had two kids and she had two. One of each had to go. Do my ggfather got the nod. He grew up to be a very hard man, but he did manage to get a lot of farmland and did take care of his family.


18 posted on 10/10/2025 7:39:07 AM PDT by Conan the Librarian (Conan the Sailing Librarian)
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To: dynachrome

Thats Funny right There!
I’ve always said;
‘I was Raised by Wolves’
But now I need to amend that.
.
This is a weird story.
16 yrs Boy with two pistols,cash and
Wandering on the streets.!?!


19 posted on 10/10/2025 7:40:00 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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To: fishtank

Ha!


20 posted on 10/10/2025 7:40:03 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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