NORTH PORT, Fla. ( WWSB ) - A North Port couple has been charged with child neglect after leaving a juvenile by himself on the side of I-75, with a bag containing handguns, to fend for himself, police say.

According to a probable cause affidavit, North Port police received a call Oct. 1 just before 6 p.m. about a male seen walking along I-75 about a mile south of Sumter Boulevard.

The officer found a juvenile boy who told him he had been in a vehicle with Bradley Leon Guerrero Santos, 36, and Roseanella Mendola Borja, 35, and a sibling.

The boy told officers when he got home from school, the couple informed him they were taking a trip. When he retuned from walking the family dog, he saw they were frantically throwing clothes into duffle bags and loading them into their car.

When the

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