00:00Exclusively tonight, we're hearing from one of the people who stepped in to save the young children, Local 10's Brett
00:05Neese, joining us live now from Fort Lauderdale with more details in this one, Brett.
00:10Calvin and Nicole, this woman stepped in after another man told police that he heard the children knocking from inside
00:16of the trunk.
00:17Just a bizarre scenario that could have had a much different outcome had this woman and others not intervened.
00:24This is the Walmart police say Sierra Washington was inside for nearly 40 minutes while her three young kids were
00:30left out in the car.
00:32Listen, kids are off limits to me. Kids, when it comes to that, I don't care who you are, what
00:37color you are, don't hurt a kid in front of me. Just don't.
00:40Sanithia Lewis was also shopping at this Walmart on Sunday.
00:43While walking out, she overheard people talking about kids in a car and went to check out what was going
00:48on.
00:49She says she was the one who first opened the car door.
00:52As soon as I opened the door, I see the first kid. He's like on the floor of the car.
00:57No clothes, just a diaper on.
00:59One on the floor, another somehow in the trunk of the car, according to Lewis.
01:03She says one of the kids was seven years old, while the other two were likely under the age of
01:08two.
01:09But the two babies was just diapers. Pooh, like they was wet, like drenched.
01:15Washington's arrest form says security video shows her walking in with only a friend around 3.07 in the afternoon,
01:20before finally leaving the store around 3.46.
01:24That form also says the car was turned off, there was no AC running, and all of the windows were
01:29up.
01:30Washington faced a judge Monday morning after police arrested her on three counts of child neglect.
01:36I am going to set the bonds at $1,000 each on counts one, two, and three.
01:42And about an hour or so ago, Washington did post that bond.
01:45The judge also ordering her to have no contact with those kids,
01:49depending on the outcome of a dependency hearing.
01:51Live in Fort Lauderdale, Breton East, Local 10 News.
