3-Year-Old Found Wandering Buckhead Street: Report

ATLANTA, GA -- Georgia's Division of Family and Children Services is being enlisted after a 3-year-old child was found wandering a Buckhead street early Tuesday, Patch has learned. The incident took place on Arbor Gates Drive at Arbor Gates Apartments just before 3 a.m., according to news reports.

Police canvassing the scene found an apartment with the door open and a man asleep inside, WXIA-TV reports. He turned out to be the child's father. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

Authorities called medical personnel from Grady Memorial Hospital to check the child out, who was fine, the TV station reports.

An Atlanta father could faces charges in the incident, WAGA-TV reports. The child's mother was contacted in Stone Mountain, police told local media.

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