California man left 7-year-old granddaughter with homeless woman to go drinking: sheriff's office

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Jason Warren allegedly left his 7-year-old granddaughter with Lauren Jope, a homeless woman, to go drinking in Sacramento County, California. abc7chicago.co...

[@doberman1ism]

Someone please give this woman housing! She is a Good Samaritan! Thank you for taking care of the little girl.

[@tappedout300xc]

Exactly!

[@anthonymort5202]

She is American not Sumerian

[@Felon4Trump]

Why not you

[@Linda-in9ns]

Thanks to the lady! 😌

[@stevedrinkard7297]

to think of what could have happened him leaving that girl with a pervert all to get drunk UNBELIEVABLE thankfully this lady was a decent human being.

[@bloodlove93]

"i hired her to take care of the girl,she was kidnapped" that's not how reality works buddy.

[@judymurray191]

I bet he has dementia.

[@chuckxu5910]

Grandpa wants free housing, medical and 2 hot and a sack that’s all

[@davidpar2]

No one’s accused Californians of being in touch with reality for the past ~35 years

[@brookelynnwu8016]

For “human traffickïng” as well 🙄 If he really thought that he shouldn’t have left her with them, but just shows you how little he cares. Even if he did believe that, he still left her anyways.

[@ericalcosiba]

Core memory created lol

[@tshaffer9681]

You can tell that the grandpa is not fit to take care of children. God bless this young lady for her honesty and morals.

[@Patti5d]

The mother left her daughter in his care. That is the first and biggest mistake!

[@jeaniebird999]

You can tell by listening to the info NOT by looking at him! 🤬

[@NoOneSpecial4212]

You can’t tell by looking at him you prejudice individual you . 😠

[@SpaceCat80]

I wonder if he could be charged with filing a false police report too?

[@novajtv]

us whites don't get hassled with that kinda stuff

[@MAGARAY-d5o]

TAKE YOUR IGNORANT RACE BAITING SELF ON SOMEWHERE. ​@@novajtv

[@Miami799]

​@@novajtv Yes, white people do get charged with that crime. Don't be silly.

[@a.alphonso6193]

​@@novajtvoh you definitely do lmao

[@chikiyabonita909]

Yes he can ...just the simple fact he made the state wate money and ao.eone else. Ould have seriously caught trafficking charges...just imagine if that poor lady didn't know how to defend her self?? Then what?

[@Zz2424zxcvbnn]

The homeless woman did a better job taking care of that little girl than family!

[@Modernmidget]

Are you saying he made a wise choice ?

[@Hawthorneheights888]

@@Modernmidgetif you can read you see clearly that’s not what he said. It obviously wasn’t a good choice, which is why he has a mugshot and she doesn’t.

[@thenotsograndpiano0077]

​@@Modernmidgetmoron

[@COMPUTER.SCIENCE.]

​@@Modernmidget even if he PICKED anyone else it'd still be better, becoz he's the BOTTOM GARBAGE! 😂 How can a piece of BOTTOM GARBAGE be any WISE? 😂 You must have failed basic vocabulary classes! 🤣

[@classicclassi6146]

Shows the best people suffer the most

[@barcelonachair6487]

That little girls parents knew her grandfather is an alcoholic. They should be liable too.

[@lovebearextraordinaire1.069]

Lot's of people are alcoholics. Doesn't mean they're doing this kind of crap when they watch their grandchildren.

[@barcelonachair6487]

@@lovebearextraordinaire1.069 I didn't say recovering alcoholic, so don't take it so personal. If you think it is ok to watch someone if you drunk, please don't have kids or watch them. Yes alcoholism is an illness but having kids is not a right. The child should not be the sober thinking one in the room.

[@aquariusmoon771]

How do you know the parents are even still nm in the picture

[@lovebearextraordinaire1.069]

@@barcelonachair6487 It's not personal. I don't drink (at all) or hang out with anyone who does, myself. Can't stand the taste, can't stand the feeling. Also, I never once said it's okay to watch children if you're drunk. You said that. Just now. If treating people this way is what you think is appropriate, negatively (and needlessly) generalizing people with addiction issues while putting words into other peoples mouths just to feel like you're on some kind of high horse soap box, then maybe it's you who should consider not having, or watching, children.

[@barcelonachair6487]

@@lovebearextraordinaire1.069 I said alcoholism is an illness, but I don't act as though this illness just as many others means it makes a person a responsible parent or guardian. That isn't a soapbox stance, that is reality, when kids are raised in dysfunctionally the effects are then placed on the rest of society. Having empathy towards people who have a problem with alcohol doesn't mean you don't raise standards of when people have children. They aren't mutually exclusive. These parents left their child with the grandfather who has a problem. I doubt this was the first time he showed them he was not a sound thinker. Your issue is that I am sitting on my my soapbox judging others? The child ended up in an homeless encampment with a stranger. This is not healthy or normal. The child will probably have abandonment issues when she is older. This is the issue. her health and well being. her grandfather is jail, and her parents are no where to be found.

[@dutcheric]

The irony that a child is safer in the hands of a homeless person than her grandfather. What a world.

[@GregLakatosChradm]

I think you've fallen in love with Hollywood's version of yester year.

[@user-eo1sv5kn4i]

⁠​⁠@@GregLakatosChradmI don’t think anyone is under the illusion that pathetic drunks are a recent development

[@GregLakatosChradm]

@@user-eo1sv5kn4i I don't think anyone in the world would claim that.

[@dahliaagda3279]

Because it’s a person who just so happens to be homeless. The word homeless doesn’t make a person bad or good, it’s just about the person itself.

[@dutcheric]

​@@dahliaagda3279 That wasn't the point. It was about the grandfather and not the homeless person.

[@sue8237]

God bless this woman! When you think of who she could have been left with, this little girl was lucky to fall into the arms of this wonderful angel.

[@alesia912]

Who left their daughter with an alcoholic male!!!! Grandpa or not thats gross

[@trainwreck420ish]

You saw his picture? Who would think this man is responsible enough to babysit anything

[@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307]

You do realise that not all homeless people are drug/drunkards?

[@danf1862]

Misandry

[@joketsu100]

@WeLcOmEBaKDoood 99% of R4P18TS ARE MALE GET OVER IT

[@jennas17]

@@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307 You do realize they’re talking about the grandfather being an alcoholic not the lady.

[@twisted-lee2052]

She deserves an award. She deserves money for her award. She also deserves your guys's help to get her a place to live a job and possibly get her into school. That should be in a great award for her right there. She saved a child literally saved this child that should be recognized.❤❤❤

[@thefox47545]

Yes but I've worked with the homeless and most are not homeless simply because they don't have a home. Lots have mental health issues and addictions that prevent them from working, let alone staying housed. At the very least and to start she should get priority for GOOD help that she needs, if any.

[@Bando-fx4mf]

I said same thing in my head then saw your comment. Highly agree with you. A person with a good soul like that , to take care of a random kid she doesn’t know deserves a lot better than being homeless. We don’t know her story but shouldn’t matter. We do know she took care of a helpless kid who could have been took by a random criminal.

[@thefox47545]

@Bando-fx4mf It should matter. Don't get me wrong, it's great that she took care of that child, but let's not be quick to give her a home, job, schooling, etc. We should know what made her homeless (likely mental health) and address that so she can take full advantage of those other things that, yes, I believe she deserves. Source: used to work with the homeless, MOST cases aren't solved by just giving them a home, job, etc.

[@nena041602]

Walked out on her own though

[@nena041602]

Drugs made her homeless. If she gets clean she has a home, vehicles, people that love her, A CHILD, but her words are “I enjoy living in a tent with no responsibility, living the simple life” She should have thought that BEFORE she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl and then chose the streets. She has so many resources at her fingertips, but likes meth better.

[@Oldconcreteguy]

Gramps might be an alcoholic .

[@danasmith858]

Might , that's classic wet brain behavior?

[@donnahilton471]

You think? Slimy.

[@asuraXTC]

Might? More like is

[@erinrising2799]

he's not an alcoholic, they go to meetings ;)

[@ericthiel4053]

I miss the days when I was shocked hearing about stuff like this. Hope that homeless woman and the kid have good things ahead in their lives.

[@RichardsWorld]

Why did he say she was kidnapped for human trafficking? People use this term human trafficking too loosely.

[@californiadreamer2580]

Why, you ask? So he could pretend to be a victim rather than a perpetrator.

[@RichardsWorld]

@@californiadreamer2580 to educate people like you.

[@californiadreamer2580]

@@RichardsWorld you aren't making sense with your reply . I was agreeing with you. People throw the term around for sensationalism.

[@Luminousreign]

@@californiadreamer2580 they think you asked why they asked lol.

[@bravediomedes217]

He was probably supposed to drop her off with the traffickers, but got too drunk and went to the wrong place.

[@SweetT601]

He needs to be arrested. He makes me sick.

[@jeretso]

10 years in prison. He is probably a drunk driver too.

[@michaelangellotti4773]

Sheit, why stop there? He's probably responsible for the Tylenol/Cyanide scare of '82. It's what drove him to the drink.

[@ryanletemi]

@@michaelangellotti4773arrest and life sentence to you for this comment

[@nicres]

@@michaelangellotti4773 ummm I think making the connection between being a drunk who drives drunk isn’t that crazy. Now you’re argument… c’mon. Use some logic when you’re trying to call other people out for being illogical

[@the.nerdy.mermaid]

@@michaelangellotti4773😂😂😂

[@hissallymyjack4684]

This could have ended so badly thankfully this child was left to a womam with a good heart and was safe. Thank you Lauren❤

[@Ros-co]

Bad Grandpa 😮

[@jeskac209]

Bless her heart. I hope she gets some help. She deserves so much better. What a beautiful person she is💕

[@yellowblanka6058]

Yeah, it hurts my heart to see good people like her suffering while rich sociopaths want for nothing.

[@lil----lil]

This could be very traumatic for a child. DO NOT LET the little girl know that she was abandoned.

[@DiabolikalFollikles]

The issue is asking a *stranger* to supervise a child in yourcharge. Her being homeless has nothing to do with it. The prejudice is real.

[@hayleyhellbound9513]

It makes sense to include in the story since she had taken the child back to where she was staying. I think that probably helped her, she was technically still on public property and hadn’t taken the child into a private residence.

[@Whocareslol420]

Even as homelessness rises, this country will still be brutal and hostile towards them.

[@tiffanylane]

What a LOSER! Even More pathetic is that the parents were that desperate to leave their baby girl with a man who looks questionable in demeanor as being trustworthy in the first place. The parents should be investigated too. SMH

[@TheBLGL]

Wow. You can’t arrest people for leaving their child with someone “who looks questionable in demeanor as being trustworthy…”

[@4KindnessGal]

What makes you think the parents were desperate? Most likely, they are just good for nothing trash. They can’t take care of their children but they can breed. Sick.

[@bardnightingale]

Maybe her parents are dead. No one says anything about the parents.

[@askew9976]

That was so cool of her to take care of the girl. I hope these ladies both, find consistent, safe care going forward.

[@RR-kz4hq]

Bless you Lauren. Thank you for keeping watch over our babies

[@brewcity2317]

Good on that homeless lady.

[@mrsTraveller64]

Perhaps this nice woman could be helped to get a job in taking care of children, she apparently just prooved that she is safe to be around children❤

[@Tyler112272]

Poor kid, glad that woman was there too. Thankfully, it happened to be a good person..I hope the lady finds a home and the parents do something nice for her for making sure their child was safe

[@Crangaso]

God Bless Lauren Jope. She's proof that homeless can positively contribute to society.

[@Sabbathissaturday]

The world has truly gone to hell in a hand basket. That poor baby. Bless the woman for caring.

[@LornaT460]

Thank you for watching that little girl, you are so kind. ❤

[@puudavis2007]

This is a beautiful homeless lady , I pray something good comes her way . Big blessings for her Lord

[@veronicashields4405]

He should’ve been charged for filing a false police report, too. That woman could have easily been put in danger if a police officer decided to handle it more aggressively.

[@deborahbaker4770]

Poor kid thank god for this woman homeless or not he made the right decision in leaving his granddaughter with her another homeless person this could have possibly been a whole different story ‼️ 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@58lukum]

I hope this woman gets the care she needs. Definitely a kind person who deserves a helping hand herself. At least a few nights in a hotel and some clean clothes and some money for food.

[@halroxdynasty8683]

I was homeless for years, traveled and such. Homeless people are not typically bad people, especially the women. They're just out there trying to survive, they don't have the family support to keep saving their a$$, kinda like this idiøtic grandfather probably has. I got treated way better and looked after way better on the streets, than dealing w my own fckass dad. For real. They're not bad people all the time...they just got dealt a bad hand.

[@haphazardprism]

Parents relying heavily on grandparents to parent should be held accountable.

[@angelinaakicita24-7]

What a horrific story some homeless people are kinder and make better judgement than people who aren't.

[@LR-mh8hs]

What about the mother who left this child with an untrustworthy drunk of a grandfather? Where was she? Working? Out drinking too? If she was working, the community needs to step up and help her.

[@irishledden4924]

She was a liberal too.

[@judymurray191]

Yes. It was very fortunate that he gave the little girl to a good person. I wish there was more info about this child’s fate as far as her being safe going forward.

[@Elizabeth-s3b6x]

To many strange and horrible things going on. So glad this story ended well and this good woman was there to help.

[@mnm2007]

At least my dad brought me sodas and beer nuts to the car when he was in a bar.

[@willieverusethis]

Damn funny, but not funny. My grandpa brought me into the bar.

[@robinpreese]

@@willieverusethis😂

[@Control-Alt-Delete619]

​@@willieverusethis and some patrons obviously took you into the bathroom stall. 😬🤢🤮

[@joshjordan1486]

​@@Control-Alt-Delete619doubtful

[@Control-Alt-Delete619]

@@joshjordan1486 no, highly likely. 🤦👎🤢🤮

[@Designtower20]

Why is it felony child endangerment, just because she's homeless? That's dehumanizing

[@rissagrrarg]

Homeless people are just people... That's a wonderful human being ❤

[@sanniwartinen3595]

What a crazy story and Im glad the girl ended up with that lady..

[@dougjenks6954]

Dam he's a bad drunk 😮

[@creative2716]

Is there a GOOD drunk?

[@seanj.3644]

Bless that woman, she has a pure heart. There's so much evil walking the streets nowadays, thank God it was this angel that crossed there path.

[@lunarbeauty]

Years and years ago kids just got left in the car while mom but mostly dad would just go in and drink the night away. I remember it not common but not rare.

[@Johnna-em8xq]

I could go inside sit down. Drink a strawberry soda and wait for my dad to be done. We also used to buy cigarettes and alcohol with a note and some cash

[@lunarbeauty]

@@Johnna-em8xq I remember going inside once or two but that novelty wore off quick. I didn't really have it as bad as I knew of others having it.

[@willieverusethis]

I got to go in and have a Shirley Temple.

[@ourtruth216]

The fact he said human trafficking for a 7 year old and not a run away or kidnapped seems very specific. I hope the did a medical check on that poor baby.

[@kimberlybuchanan6310]

This woman is a hero! Let us as a community support her and reach out our hearts and hands of kindness to do so! She deserves this! God put that woman in that little girl's path that day! A fate much worse could of happened to little girl -killed in drunk driving accident or left alone or with a real monster or worse! Give this woman our love and support! ❤❤❤

[@FDR-ww6xz]

Someone should reward the woman and arrest the grandfather.

[@mariaacosta128]

That man should never be trusted with that child ever again.

[@LostlnTheWoods]

UPDATE: The kid happens to be okay and everything was fine. There's absolutely no reason to panic and make this about YOUR feelings.

[@jennibrim]

Thank God for his protection because this story could have gone so many ways.

[@SuzanneGoins1981]

Someone please help this woman. She took better care of this sweet girl than her own grandfather. 😠😠

[@franciscodominguezcorona3956]

U guys need to bless this lady a lot more they really need. Love and support for her

[@iginbltn3859]

Who is the mother that thought the grandfather would be okay to leave her daughter with? Chances are she has as much of a problem as he does. Whatever the case she'd better take better care of her kid. Come on people!

[@Smiley-fv8zi]

Or the father...

[@BTTF-fb7oz]

This poor child, and the lady was very protective giving good care to this child. That man is insane, and should be far from kids.

[@ProRockRc]

Dang Give that lady a job helping kids

[@deathrays]

little girl is more safe with the homeless woman than him. gross. very right he was charged for child neglect.

[@icecreamlarry8622]

That little girl just witnessed the value a man, her grandfather, gave her. Then he claims she was kidnapped, as if he cared from the very beginning handing her off to a stranger for $20, bet he was also dad of the year!

[@lvgk8898]

Hope boosy could afford the CA minimum wage!!

[@ericacantu7600]

Please lord bless this woman with shelter, food, work, she deserves it.

[@catfancier270]

Someone give the homeless woman some help. She has more decency than plenty of employed/housed people.

[@Chris-h3s5q]

So whats the problem 😂😂😂 payed babysitting 😂😂😢😢😢

[@NativeAmericanSwag]

Someone give her a good job and a home ASAP!!!! 🙏🙏🫡🥹❤❤💪💪

[@nurim.4439]

Insane.😮

[@music0cool]

"Take her shopping for shorts for me" to falsely accusing her of human trafficking is wild!!

[@blacktara3936]

About 20 years ago, I was stuck waiting inside of a very crowded Atlanta greyhound station(TERRIBLE neighborhood)when over the loudspeaker, it was announced, a 3 y/o boy was found wandering alone and they were attempting to find his parents. They allowed the child to speak and he called, "MOMMY, where are you?" Hours later, no one had come to claim him. He'd been abandoned there. Cannot imagine the trauma of being abandoned as a child....May God reward this dear woman, btw.

[@shortmeister4321]

God was surely watching over this little one. Thank you to the beautiful woman that kept her safe! 💗

[@rn2787]

She might have some kind of mental health issue or might have some other disability, but she did all she could for the girl. Most homeless and disabled people are not bad people. I hope she gets whatever kind of help she needs to find a stable and happy life.

[@mermaidopulence8539]

The fact that this homeless woman took better care of the granddaughter than the granddad did just says a lot. Thankfully she was there because like she said, anything could have happened.

[@nbaoldgirl]

1:42 you’re describing her grandfather here. 💔

[@marcusdub07]

God bless her, and let this be her moment.

[@jisushikas]

That really sad, he could have gotten her killed, or arrested for that. Glad this lady was kind hearted and nothing happen to the lady and girl.

[@DrBrightSCP]

The world is a dark place without many great outcomes. I'm glad that everyone is okay the girl the women and the Grandpa.

[@sonjagood7305]

This is a True Woman, she deserves something fabulous 💜💜

[@Twee13]

1:40 -1:43 "Could've been left with some man..." Dude, she was abandoned with some homeless lady that the guy didn't even know! I would NEVER leave my child with something that's homeless, jobless, and hopeless BY CHOICE.

[@Vexarax]

You know the type of man she meant

[@cynthiatolman326]

There are a lot of good people that don't have a home, thank God He was watching over her and made sure she ended up where she would be safe.

[@LaSoldier505]

The Grandparent looks more homeless than the actual homeless lady!

[@baepple]

Homeless woman should be commended, the grandfather should be arrested

[@All5AJz]

Thankfully she is good hearted lady even her desperate situation she cared for that little girl. Shame on him for acting like she just randomly stole her.

[@Jwa-fo6nb]

But yet so many people would treat her like trash just because she's homeless

[@All5AJz]

Like I said....

[@annearizona7329]

That woman is an Angel walking on earth , she protected the little girl as her own blood. She knows the dangers of the street she knows what could’ve happened to the little one if left alone at the mercy of strangers … that little girl wouldn’t be alive and safe and sound as she is now if it wasn’t for her . She deserves help , a job offer idk get her back on her feet and receive the blessings of her beautiful action ❤️ thank you 🙏 for not leaving that baby girl you will be blessed and rewarded greatly ❤️

[@lesstalk4785]

Why did they leave their daughter with an alcoholic? They placed her in danger. The homeless lady was just trying to make $20.

[@weasel2173]

When the homeless take better care of you than your own family........

[@tessesmom]

This is something my father would do when I was a child

[@NoFear69262]

When I was a little girl and would be left with my Grandfather the family would check my hands for red dye when I got home to see if he had stopped by the bar with me in tow. He always bought my red pistachios to keep me busy. 😂 now that I’m an adult with children I realize how messed up the whole situation was.

[@vickys.love00]

Can we help this woman out?

[@ashj0]

I think he definitely paid her so he could go get drunk then panicked when he couldn't find them later so he called 911 thinking they'd believe his story over a homeless person's story. Thank God a good person was the one who had her instead of someone with bad intentions. Being unhoused doesn't mean they're bad people. They usually have more integrity and generosity than people with way more than them.

[@VeeAmericanEagle]

Thank goodness it was her that was babysitting!

[@lr9010]

Where are her parents? If that was my father, he would need the police to rescue him from me.

[@ladivasobougie706]

Seriously…lock him up!

[@StonedBarbiee]

What a disgusting excuse for a grandparent. He’s a damned drunk who cared more about his alcohol then her safety. That homeless woman had more concern then the grandfather. He wouldn’t see my grandchild again and I’m not one to be like this

[@secredeath]

Mmmmm Baby come over

[@jerrymylove1754]

The irony is that stuff like this happened all the time when I was growing up. It was nothing to leave your kids to roam the streets all day while you worked and or drank. That’s how it was in the seventies and eighties. When I growing up.

[@c00mgoblin]

God dude if he gave that little girl to the wrong person, this would be such a darker story.

[@laura6796]

What a wonderful lady! That grandfather should not be allowed to care for her ever again. Luckily she found safety with this lady.

[@Chantalan]

Kind souls still exist out there.

[@Watchman-nw7hg]

❤❤❤GOD BLESS THIS WOMEN FOR WATCHING THIS YOUR GIRL AS HER GRANDFATHER ...LEAVING HIS GD WITH A STRANGER ❤THANK GOODNESS FOR THIS LADY WHO WAS JUST THERE...

[@domenicricci2978]

SOMEBODY GIVE THIS HOMELESS WOMAN HOUSING RIGHT AWAY!!!!!

[@rayslife4k]

That homeless woman looks better then the zombies in Albuquerque

[@milesdyson5211]

Just because she's homeless doesn't make her a bad person, she has a good heart, I can tell!

[@lydiawaffleman1497]

The parents should be fined too😮