Five-year-old child found unsupervised near Vernon St, Worcester MA


Police responded to a welfare check after a five-year-old child was seen running barefoot and unsupervised near Vernon St. A woman claiming to be the child's mother approached the child before officers arrived.
Audio|Source: Worcester City Police
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Transcript:
Nine. All right, well, I can head at that, we know, we're on file. Okay, sorry, nine. You can head up to 183 Vernon Street for Welfit Check. It's been hanging quite a while. Only one calling it from a passerby, reporting a five-year-old blackmail that had been running around alone for about five minutes. Wearing a light pink shirt and khakis. barefoot. She stated that a black female came up to the child claiming to be the mother. She was wearing a black shirt, blue jeans, the area of the apartment complex is there, so it's been hanging a while, that collar is no longer in the area if you just want to check here. All right, we'll go back.
Nine. All right, well, I can head at that, we know, we're on file. Okay, sorry, nine. You can head up to 183 Vernon Street for Welfit Check. It's been hanging quite a while. Only one calling it from a passerby, reporting a five-year-old blackmail that had been running around alone for about five minutes. Wearing a light pink shirt and khakis. barefoot. She stated that a black female came up to the child claiming to be the mother. She was wearing a black shirt, blue jeans, the area of the apartment complex is there, so it's been hanging a while, that collar is no longer in the area if you just want to check here. All right, we'll go back.
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Location mentioned:
Near Vernon St, Worcester, MA 01607
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