COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A Cobb County father is facing charges after investigators say he left his three kids outside during a thunderstorm.
According to an arrest warrant obtained by Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell, Jared Huffman took his kids to their mother’s house and dropped them off, even though he knew she wasn’t home.
One of the kids is 11 and the other two are 8 years old.
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The warrant says Huffman left the kids outside during a thunderstorm with “cloud to ground lightning and heavy rainfall.”
Investigators say he knew that the children’s mother was at least 30 minutes away. Eventually, the soaked kids were able to get inside through an unlocked door.
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The warrant says the oldest child told her mom that she was “crying because the storm was so bad, and she didn’t know what to do because her dad said she was old enough to watch the boys and he wouldn’t hear otherwise.”
Huffman is currently being held in the Cobb County Jail on a cruelty to children charge.
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