Monday, August 20, 2007

Girl Abandoned At Va. Chuck E. Cheese

Police in Prince William County talked to family members Monday after a girl allegedly was abandoned on Sunday.

Authorities said that at about 8:40 p.m., police were called to a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant located at 14085 Shoppers Best Way in Woodbridge for the report of an abandoned child.

hey said the abandoned girl is black, about 4 years old, 3 feet 6 inches tall and 40 pounds. Police said she has braided hair with pink beads and was wearing a pink shirt and blue denim shorts.

Police said that the girl told them her name is Taji.

The staff at Chuck E. Cheese reported to police that Taji was observed entering the restaurant at between 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. with a black woman, who is about 25 years old, with mohawk-styled hair colored in red. They said the woman was wearing a red, fitted shirt.

Anyone with information about the case should call the Prince William County Police Department at 703-792-6500.

Taji is still in the custody of Child Protective Services.




Update

The family jus mades ah mistake -- >

A birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese did not end happily for Taizhae Carroll. She was left behind at the restaurant in Woodbridge and the look on her face in photos says it all.

Prince William County Police released photographs of the little girl in an effort to find her family. Officer Erika Hernandez says authorities got a call from the restaurant's staff around 8:40 Sunday night. The child was in the Chuck E. Cheese alone and she could only tell them her name is Taizhae.

"Everybody wants her back. Everybody called me crying, everybody," said the child's aunt, Ieesha Carroll. "It was just a big mistake."

Carroll says she found out Taizhae was not with relatives when her cousin called around 7 Monday morning. She told Carroll about news reports on a child abandoned at Chuck E. Cheese that sounded like Taizhae.

"I called my father and asked where is Taizhae 'cause she stays at my parent's house," said Carroll. "And then he said we thought she went with another member of our family. We have a big family, and there was a party and there was a lot of kids there."

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