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a couple facing each other charge After reportedly leaving A Child towards A Florida Highway with a bag of guns And cash – before asking him to “take care of the house”.
36-year-old Bradley Leon Guerrero Santos and 35-year-old Rosenella Mendiola Borja allegedly kicked Boy Just before 6 p.m. on October 3, he got out of his car while driving on I-75 near North Port, a city 35 miles south of Sarasota. WWSB reported.
Police received a call about a boy walking on the highway who told them he was in a car with the couple and a sibling. Authorities have not said what the relationship is between the child, Guerrero Santos, and Mendiola Borja.
The boy, whose age has not been shared by authorities, said that when he came home from school that day, the couple told him they were going on a trip to “either Guam or Idaho,” according to the affidavit.
He then went out to walk the dog, but upon returning he saw the pair throwing clothes into a duffel bag and loading the items into their car.
When their car went onto the interstate, the boy told the couple he did not want to go on the trip. They then took him to the side of the road and gave him two bags that contained a .40 caliber handgun, a 9mm handgun and some cash, the report said.
The child told police that the couple had told him to “take care of the house” before driving off. Fox 35 Orlando reported.
Police tried to reach the couple, but calls to their cellphones were either rejected or disconnected. Officers then took the boy to the home and found the garage door and front door of the home open.
After police entered to investigate, they found the home “in disarray, with firearms lying out in the open,” the affidavit states.
The boy had told the authorities that the couple was acting inappropriately. He said that Guerrero Santos was religious and called him “the chosen one”, often testing him by giving him difficult tasks, such as throwing him out into the street.
Police tracked the couple’s cellphones to an address in Wauchula, about 60 miles north of North Port, and found them and the other child. Local police detained the couple about four hours after the boy was taken out of the car.
Guerrero Santos was charged with child neglect without great harm and allowing a minor to possess a gun. Mengiola Borja was charged with child neglect without great harm.
Guerrero Santos is scheduled to be arraigned on Oct. 31 and is being held on $250,000 bond. Meanwhile, Borja will be arraigned on October 31 and is being held on $500,000 bond, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office.