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Sacramento, CA – Police charged a grandfather, Jason Warren, 54, in Sacramento with child endangerment after he allegedly paid a homeless woman to watch his 7-year-old granddaughter as he went to a bar. Surveillance footage captured him leaving the girl with the woman, who later brought the child back to the bar’s parking lot.
Warren, who appeared intoxicated, explained that he gave the woman $20 to take his granddaughter to a thrift store while he visited the bar.
The child was reported safe and uninjured, and custody was returned to her aunt. Warren faces a child endangerment charge and a misdemeanor for disorderly conduct/drunk in public; whether he has legal representation is currently unknown.
