Cobb County parents charged with leaving children, 3 and 9, inside hot car while getting groceries

A mother and father were arrested and charged after leaving their two children in a hot car while shopping.

The father was confronted by Channel 2's Michele Newell on Friday to find out why the kids were in the car.

He thinks he did nothing wrong. Pallavarajan says the car was already cold because they were driving for a while.

He kept the windows open while turning the car off.

The children were trapped in the hot car and had to be unlocked by the firefighters.

Police say a couple left their two children in a car while they went grocery shopping at a store in the high 80's.

Raymond Bittle said he wouldn't want to leave a puppy in a car.

The windows were rolled up when the car was turned off, according to police.

A customer let a co-worker know that there were two small children. My co-worker ran to the car when she heard about it.

The firefighters unlocked the kit to get the kids out. The police said they were in the car for 20 minutes.

There were charges against the parents.

There are continuing stories.

On Friday, Newell went to their house to ask about what happened.

The two of you are charged with reckless conduct. What do you think about that? The couple was asked what they thought.

We don't want to hurt our child and that's why we didn't do anything intentional.

Did you know that it was 81 degrees that day? The man asked the woman if she knew anything.

That was not the case. "We didn't feel that at all."

The car was cold when they arrived at the store. The 9-year-old was with the 3-year-old who was sleeping.

My boy was there. He got my phone. my wife has a phone He asked if it was getting hotter.

He says he turned the engine off because his son wasn't warm.

It was so cold that he didn't want the AC to be turned on.

One parent couldn't stay in the car with the children. The man asked the woman if she knew anything.

She said that she would come in quickly.

After firefighters got the children out of the car, they used a device to check the temperature of the inside of the car, which was over 100 degrees.

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