St. Petersburg Mom Arrested For Leaving Kids In Hot Car At Walmart

When will parents learn that you can't leave your kids in a locked hot car? Unfortunately, we see this happen several times a year but thankfully this time the kids were saved by police. A mother from St. Petersburg, Florida was arrested after she intentionally left her two children in a locked hot car. She left her kids while the shopped at Walmart. Then she the nerve to ask for air conditioning while in the backseat of the cop car! She kept saying how hot the car was and needed some air.

Police say that when she was arrested she didn't show any concern for her children's well-being. The victims are ages three and six, and were left in their mother's hot car for almost 30 minutes.  It was also, a sweltering 91 degrees outside in the parking lot. After Nyakobo Mar, 30, was arrested for leaving her two small children in a hot locked car, police say she requested air conditioning in the police vehicle. Mar begged cops to turn up the air conditioning in the patrol car. This happened she was while being taken to jail for child abuse. Police confirmed that their ages were three and six who were “left in the vehicle without the engine running, windows closed, and parked in the sun on black asphalt," according to the Smoking Gun.

The two children were left in the hot car for almost 30 minutes before fire and rescue personnel arrived. That's when Mar returned to her vehicle and was arrested. She seemed to not care that she left her kids in the locked car with no air conditioning. She was arrested on a pair of felony child abuse counts and was also charged with resisting, arrested when they tried to handcuff her. The children were taken to a local hospital for treatment and were then taken into child welfare since they have no family or friends in the area. Mar is currently being held in the county jail in lieu of $20,500 bond.

I love living in Florida! I have been here since 2012 and wouldn't change it for the world. Ive lived in Fort Myers and currently live in St. Petersburg.  So many of my friends want to move to Florida and if you do as well, you have come to the right article. A list of the most dangerous cities in Florida was created by Property club.

This list was created to help you avoid certain areas when moving to the sunshine state. Cities on this list are some of the worst when it comest to violent crime. When choosing a city to live in, what are some of the qualities you look for? For me, safety is always my number one concern.

To find the most dangerous cities in Florida, Property Club analyzed crime and violent crime rates throughout the state. They used data from the FBI crime data explorer. The explorer was for crime rates in  2020 and 2021. They also used the Florida Department of Law Enforcement annual report from 2022.

According to Property Club,  Lake Worth is one of Florida's worst cities for violent crime.  The violent crime rate in Lake Worth is 996 per 100,000 residents. This rate is over 2.5 times higher than the national and state average. The crime rate has been dropping in Lake Worth over the years, but it is still a very dangerous place to live in Florida.

Florida City is one of the car-jacking capitals in the United States. It has a population of 12,000 and is located in South Florida near the everglades and the Florida Keys.  Residents in this city have a 1 in 38th chance of being a victim to a violent crime. Sadly Florida City has seen crime rates rise in the last several years. 

Although Cocoa has a population of 19K, the violent crime rate is 1,108 per 100K residents. This rate is is 2.8 times higher than the national average and 3 times the state average. The most common crimes in this city are assaults and burglaries.  If you are looking for a safe place to live, this is one place you should avoid. 

Rivera Beach is the worst city to live in Florida when it comes to their murder rate. The murder rate in Rivera Beach is seven times higher than the national average. Most parts of Rivera Beach should be avoided for safety reasons.  

According to Property Club, Lake City is the most dangerous city in Florida. The violent crime rate in Lake City is 1,547 per 100,000 residents. This is one of the worst rates in the entire country. The cost of living in Lake City is low but it has very high poverty and crime rates. Your chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Lake City is almost 4 times higher than the state average.