Children Rescued from Hot Car in Georgia

Last month, two young kids in Georgia were saved from a sweltering car parked at a mall, thanks to vigilant bystanders who called 911 after hearing their cries.

Cobb County Police shared bodycam footage of the rescue, which occurred on June 4th. Officers responded to the Cumberland Mall after being alerted around 1 PM that a boy and a girl were trapped inside a hot vehicle in the parking lot near Dick’s Sporting Goods.

The 911 call revealed the urgent situation, with witnesses expressing concern for the children who were very young and alone in the car. One caller mentioned, “The windows are broken, but something’s not right. We just came out of the store and heard the kids crying,” while speaking to the dispatcher.

Upon arriving, officers quickly broke the driver’s side windows, unlocked the car, and extracted the children from the back seat, where they were not properly restrained.

Authorities arrested J’Quawn Dixon when he returned to the vehicle, charging him with two counts of felony child cruelty. It’s unclear if he is the father of both children.

According to police, Dixon allegedly inflicted “cruel or excessive physical or mental pain” to the children by leaving them in the vehicle for approximately 41 minutes. An arrest warrant detailed the severity of the situation.

Bodycam footage indicated that Dixon entered the mall at around 12:24 PM, while police arrived shortly after 1 PM following the 911 call. The temperature that day reached 87 degrees, with an infrared thermometer recording a scorching 117 degrees inside the car.

“We appreciate the citizens who called 911. Your quick action is why these children are safe today,” Cobb County police remarked on social media. “You saw something and did something, and it made all the difference.”

Dixon was booked into Cobb County Jail with a bond set at $10,000, which he managed to post the following day, resulting in his release, according to Fox 5.