They are now facing charges of child endangerment.
A three-month-old infant was left in an Ohio McDonald's late last week by two parents who didn't feel like looking after the child. According to Fox8, 22-year-old Rachel Jaajaa, the infant's mother, asked her McDonald's co-worker for a ride home. When they walked out of the restaurant, Jaajaa was approached by the baby's father, 29-year-old Aaron Tate, who had an infant with him in a car seat. Jaajaa "refused to take the baby because she had plans" that night. Supposedly it was Tate's turn watch the child.
The police report notes that Tate then carried the baby into the McDonald's, placed the car seat on the floor, and drove away. Jaajaa and her co-worker followed him and the two parents got into a fight at a nearby intersection, after which they were both arrested. A McDonald's patron called 911 after seeing the child left alone. Now both Jaajaa and Tate face charges of child endangering. The baby was unharmed and is now in the care of family members.
Jaajaa and Tate aren't the first parents to leave their child behind at a restaurant. In March, a San Diego woman accidentally left her baby in a local doughnut shop. Luckily, upon reaching the next doughnut store, she realized her baby was missing and immediately rushed back.