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Jacksonville, FL -- A toddler is safe with his mother Monday after a harrowing car ride as police said his father eluded officers, then jumped from the moving vehicle before it crashed into a fence in downtown Jacksonville.
Toddler in car
Witness Describes Crash, Seeing Police Pull Baby From Car
Police said they found the frightened 1-year-old on the front seat holding a pill bottle full of powder cocaine. The child was not in a car seat or even a seat belt, but was unhurt in the crash.
Police said they were trying to stop Julian Mayo, 23, after seeing him driving with no headlines on Rushing Street just after 8 p.m. Officers said the Mayo refused to stop, turned onto Tyler Street, then onto 1st Street.
At one point, officers said that Mayo jumped from the moving car, then got back in, made a right turn into an open field First and State streets and crashing into the fence. Police said Mayo then ran away from the car and the officer chose to care to the toddler rather than chase the suspect.
"Once he seen the police come around the corner by the church, he just forgot all about the child, which was on the passenger side," a witness told Channel 4's Jennifer Waugh.
Julian Mayo
Julian Mayo
In addition to the cocaine, police said they found ammunition in the car, but no weapon.
Late Monday, police arrested Mayo on charges of child abuse, child neglect, leaving the scene of an accident, possession of cocaine and fleeing to elude an officer.
The person answering the door at the home of the child's mother, Mayo's girlfriend, said she had no comment, but she told police Sunday night that he was scared and intended to turn himself in.
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Jacksonville, FL -- A toddler is safe with his mother Monday after a harrowing car ride as police said his father eluded officers, then jumped from the moving vehicle before it crashed into a fence in downtown Jacksonville.
Toddler in car
Witness Describes Crash, Seeing Police Pull Baby From Car
Police said they found the frightened 1-year-old on the front seat holding a pill bottle full of powder cocaine. The child was not in a car seat or even a seat belt, but was unhurt in the crash.
Police said they were trying to stop Julian Mayo, 23, after seeing him driving with no headlines on Rushing Street just after 8 p.m. Officers said the Mayo refused to stop, turned onto Tyler Street, then onto 1st Street.
At one point, officers said that Mayo jumped from the moving car, then got back in, made a right turn into an open field First and State streets and crashing into the fence. Police said Mayo then ran away from the car and the officer chose to care to the toddler rather than chase the suspect.
"Once he seen the police come around the corner by the church, he just forgot all about the child, which was on the passenger side," a witness told Channel 4's Jennifer Waugh.
Julian Mayo
Julian Mayo
In addition to the cocaine, police said they found ammunition in the car, but no weapon.
Late Monday, police arrested Mayo on charges of child abuse, child neglect, leaving the scene of an accident, possession of cocaine and fleeing to elude an officer.
The person answering the door at the home of the child's mother, Mayo's girlfriend, said she had no comment, but she told police Sunday night that he was scared and intended to turn himself in.
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