00:00A Worcester man faces a judge after he allegedly left a child alone in a hot car with outside temperatures
00:07reaching 90 degrees.
00:09The child had to be taken to the hospital.
00:11Boston 25 News reporter Lisa Gresci was in the courtroom as prosecutors say the toddler was locked inside the car
00:17with no A.C.
00:19Luis Lopez Veloz.
00:22Luis Lopez Veloz facing a judge for the reckless endangerment of a child.
00:26That child, his own son.
00:28On that day, it should be noted that it was 90 degrees outside.
00:32He was essentially void of expression or emotion when they approached and they asked him whether or not this was
00:39his car and whether or not the car was inside.
00:42Prosecutors say he left the two-year-old in a hot, locked car in the Walmart parking lot in Northborough
00:47Thursday.
00:48Shoppers spotting the boy and quickly called 911.
00:51Though first responders attempted to find the father because of the extreme heat, they couldn't spare another second longer.
00:58Smashing the windows to reach the child.
01:00He was rushed to the hospital and is okay according to his mother who was also in the courtroom.
01:05I spoke with my client's wife, the mother of the child.
01:10She tells me that he has been nothing but a loving father.
01:16He's attentive.
01:16He dotes on his children.
01:18I can tell you that there was some unusual circumstances on this day which may have led to him not
01:25realizing the child was in the vehicle.
01:27A court appointed attorney telling the judge the father of two had just dropped off his eight-year-old along
01:32with other family at their home in Worcester and forgot the two-year-old was in the car because it's
01:37possible the toddler fell asleep and didn't make a sound.
01:41I think the evidence supports that this wasn't a situation where there was an attempt to keep the car on
01:47with air conditioning, I'll be in and out.
01:49He was in there basically while this was happening going through his normal shopping routine.
01:56I think the government's suggesting that because he didn't immediately have, you know, visibly tears or expressing some extreme emotion
02:05that that somehow suggested that what he did was intentional.
02:09But he indicates that he was basically in shock when he was able to find out what had happened.
02:14In North Borough, I'm Lisa Gresci for your local station, Boston 25 News.
