A father of two was arrested on Friday after it was discovered he left his kids in the car with some food and half a bottle of beer while he went to play the slots for a few hours.
Some time after 2 in the morning a security guard for the Spa Resort and Casino spotted 2 children ages 10 and 7 walking around near the entrance to the casino. Assuming they were lost he proceeded to question the children only to discover that they had been left in the car while their father gambled, and after several hours of waiting they left the car when the youngest child needed a bathroom.
An hour and a half latter the father a 39 year old Chilean citizen living in Cathedral City was located playing at one of the casinos slot machines. Even after being informed that his kids had been taken into police custody and that they would he handed over to Child Services the man was still reluctant to move from his slot machine.
The father was arrested and will be charged with misdemeanor child abuse. The father will also be charged with felony possession of falsified documents after a false Social Security card was found in his possession.
