DELTONA, Fla. — The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a woman and her boyfriend after a 6-year-old girl and her dog were found wandering in a woman’s front yard in Deltona on Friday.
Deputies released a video on social media of their arrival at the scene after responding to the incident at a home near Vann Park around 4:30 p.m.
A local woman informed the deputies that the child and her dog were found wandering in her yard. Investigators also learned the girl was homeless and did not attend school.
Officials said the girl was taken to the Volusia Family Resource Center, where her grandparents were identified and contacted to take custody. Her dog has been turned over to Deltona Animal Control.
Early on Saturday, authorities said they tracked down the girl’s mother and her boyfriend: Aquania Estes, 27 and Pitrez Floyd, 29.
Both were taken into custody. The pair are facing charges of desertion of a child and abandonment of an animal.
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