A babysitter in Texas has been arrested and charged with felony damage to a baby after she reportedly left a toddler and a teen in her care alone, after which the kids had been attacked by the caregiver’s canine.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar mentioned a 1-year-old boy and 13-year-old woman had been being cared for by Heather Rodriguez, 36, within the Central Texas city of Converse. Salazar mentioned a preliminary investigation led them to imagine Rodriguez left the kids alone along with her 4 XL American bullies.
Salazar mentioned that Rodriguez left the house for unknown causes and left the kids in a bed room, away from the canine since they had been “identified to trigger injury.”
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A babysitter’s XL American bullies allegedly attacked a toddler and teenager left in her care. (Brian Lawless/PA Photos through Getty Photos)
The canine ultimately broke into the bed room by destroying a connecting lavatory door that they’d already beforehand broken, Salazar mentioned.
Salazar mentioned the canine started biting the toddler as soon as they obtained into the room.
“The 13-year-old was in a position to preserve management of the child, however at this level, and what’s being described to me, it was nearly a tug of conflict for the child between a minimum of one of many canine and the little woman,” the sheriff mentioned.
The extra canine joined the fray, and the teenage woman spent “a number of minutes attempting to combat them off,” Salazar mentioned.
“At a sure level, she needed to break free and bodily left the child behind within the lavatory,” the sheriff mentioned. (She was) being attacked whereas she went to go get her cellphone to name for assist.”
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A toddler and teenager had been allegedly left alone by their babysitter an attacked by her canine. These are the steps inside the house of babysitter Heather Rodriguez. (Bexar County Sheriff’s Workplace)
The woman referred to as 911, safely obtained the toddler into one other room and barricaded themselves in there. She needed to push towards the door to stop the canine from compromising that entrance.
Deputies arrived and took management of the scene, which included rendering first help to the 1-year-old baby earlier than taking him to the hospital.
“From what we perceive in regards to the child proper now, he is positively in essential situation,” Salazar mentioned Monday at a information convention, in line with USA Immediately. “I’ve truly seen some photos of the child from our physique digicam video… it is heartbreaking to see anyone in that situation.”
Salazar mentioned the child sustained “fairly extreme head accidents” and that he couldn’t breathe usually after injury to his throat and airway.
The sheriff mentioned the kids’s dad and mom had been unaware that Rodriguez had “problematic” canine and that he believed “they might not have let (Rodriguez) care for his or her child the best way that they did had they identified that these canine had been unsafe.”
He added that the teenage woman’s fast actions doubtless prevented a scenario that might have turned out a lot worse than it’s.
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A toddler and teenager had been allegedly left alone by their babysitter an attacked by her canine. That is injury inside the house of babysitter Heather Rodriguez. (Bexar County Sheriff’s Workplace)
“I’ve obtained to be trustworthy, the 13-year-old on this occasion, I am contemplating her a hero,” Salazar mentioned. “I feel her actions led to the child not being mauled much more critically, and even killed on account of this savage canine assault.”
Little one Protecting Companies has been referred to as to watch the welfare of each kids, significantly for the bodily well-being of the toddler and the psychological well-being of {the teenager}.
Rodriguez, along with her felony damage to a baby cost, has additionally been cited for letting her canine run freely with no leash. The sheriff mentioned it’s clear that two of the canine participated within the assault, however maybe all of them had been concerned.
“Clearly, for me, any canine that took half in it must be put down,” Salazar mentioned. “As heartbreaking as that sounds, the lifetime of a bit child is rather more necessary.”
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Salazar mentioned Rodriguez was extra involved about her canine being taken away than the actual fact two kids in her care had been attacked and injured by them. The canine at the moment are with Bexar County Animal Management, which can decide what occurs to them.
“If we’re capable of finding out that one of many canine, or a number of of the canine weren’t accountable, then fantastic,” Salazar mentioned. “Maybe these can return, however (Rodriguez) gave the impression to be extra involved with what was happening with these canine than with the truth that her inaction (and) her omissions nearly brought on the loss of life of a child.”
