KEY LARGO, Fla. — Sheriff’s deputies arrested a South Florida couple after they said the pair left two “young children” alone in a room at a Key Largo resort on Saturday afternoon while they drank at the pool.
According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to the Reefhouse Resort & Marina, located at 103800 Overseas Highway, at around 1:45 p.m. “after employees reported they had to enter a room due to an unattended baby crying.”
MCSO spokesperson Adam Linhardt said the two children were found alone in “nursery beds/cribs” and staff eventually found their parents, Brian Nicholas Cannella, 43, and Allison Sirica Cannella, 40, both of Delray Beach, “at the pool drinking alcoholic beverages.”
Authorities said the children were left alone for 40 minutes to an hour.
“The Department of Children and Family Services was notified,” Linhardt said. “The children were transferred to the custody of a family friend until DCF arrived. The suspects were taken to jail.”
Jail records show each parent faces two felony child neglect charges. Records show they each remained in MCSO’s custody as of Sunday morning.
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