'A police statement continued: “Based on the video evidence and the timeline provided by all parties involved, it was determined that Mr Louis was not engaged in a job interview or application process during the time the children were left unattended.
“Furthermore, by his own admission, he was walking between McDonald’s and [an apartment complex] on foot during that period.”
Police spoke to the man’s eldest child. She told them her father and two siblings had walked to McDonald’s from their apartment complex. Her father left them to deliver a backpack to the complex. She said her father told her he’d return shortly, adding he frequently left them alone.
After news of the man’s arrest broke, former player Antonio Brown launched a to help the man. It has reached $80,000 out of a $50,000 goal, with donations pouring in following the new police details.
“Story caught me by surprise,” Brown wrote on the fundraising site. “A dad just trying to find a way to make money for his family. I know he shouldn’t just leave his kids, but some people don’t have the means for babysitting.”
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