North Fulton County

2-year-old left alone at home while parents went shopping, police say

ROSWELL, Ga. — A Roswell couple is facing charges after police say they left their 2-year-old daughter home alone while they went shopping for more than an hour.

Police didn't learn about what happened until the parents had called them.

"The father of a child stated that his mom took away his kid without his permission," Roswell Officer Lisa Holland told Channel 2's Mike Petchenik.

Romi Aziz and his wife Felicia Michilene eventually admitted to police they had left the child alone to go shopping.

"It's the parents' responsibility to look over after a child to make sure they are in a safe environment and then they left their child home alone in a crib, unattended," Holland said.

Family friend Lianicia Weijaya says the girl's grandmother suspected something wasn't right and found the child home alone in her crib.

"She was worried about the little girl," Weijaya said.

Petchenik went to the parents' apartment Tuesday and tried to speak with the child's mother about what happened. Michilene answered and said the father was the one that decided to leave their daughter.

"I don't know, he asked to watch a movie," she said.

Both parents are out of jail, but their daughter will remain with grandparents pending the outcome of the Division of Family and Child Services investigation.