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The Tustin Police Department arrested the parents of two twin babies who were left unattended in a locked car at a Tustin shopping center parking lot on Tuesday night, Dec. 26, as reported by the O.C. Register.

The Tustin Police Department sent police officers to the scene, just after 8 p.m., after receiving calls about the two infants in a vehicle at the parking lot of the Target store located at 2300 Park Avenue, in Tustin.

The police officers arrived to find the approximately one-month-old twins, a boy and a girl — in child-restraint seats. They were alone in the vehicle.

An Orange County Fire Authority crew was summoned and they subsequently were able to open the vehicle, after the police officers were unable to initially find the parents of the twin babies.

The infants were then taken to Children’s Hospital of Orange County in Orange as a precaution, the according to the Tustin Police. The twins were reportedly not hurt.

The parents were arrested by Tustin police officers on suspicion of child neglect when they finally returned to their vehicle.

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Art Pedroza Editor
Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

By Art Pedroza

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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