Crime & Safety
Wandering 3-Year-Old Found in Street
A man who said he fell asleep and woke up to find the girl missing has been arrested for child neglect

Someone found a 3-year-old girl walking in the middle of Main Street near Oelsner Street Saturday evening and called the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office.
The girl was wearing a t-shirt, flip flops and underwear and walking east toward U.S. 19.
A deputy located Jeffrey Lenco. Lenco had been driving around and told the deputy he lost his 3-year-old. He said he fell asleep on the couch. Whe he awoke, his dather was missing. He said he had not contacted law enforcement because he just woke up.
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Lenco, of 4940 Vortex Ave, New Port Richey, was arrested Saturday and charged with child neglect. He was booked into the Land O’ Lakes jail Saturday and released Sunday on $5,000 bail.
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