A Florida babysitter is facing desertion charges after deputies say he abandoned three children near a busy road following a Christmas night crash.
James Mack Williams, 54, was allegedly watching the children for their parents for a short time on Monday night.
Williams was involved in a traffic crash around 9:30 p.m. That's when deputies said he left the children alone.
An arrest affidavit says Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies found the children a short distance from the crash scene on a “dark” and busy road. They were “distraught and in a state of panic.”
Investigators did not say how old the children are.
Williams was found about a mile from the scene. He was arrested and is being held on $6,000 bond.