Man Arrested After Paying Homeless Woman to Watch His Granddaughter, Authorities Say

After the man spent four hours in a bar, he couldn’t find the child, sparking a search with a helicopter, drones, and dogs.
Man Arrested After Paying Homeless Woman to Watch His Granddaughter, Authorities Say
The 5300 block of Auburn Boulevard in Sacramento in December 2022. Google Maps / Screenshot via California Insider
Jill McLaughlin
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A man was arrested May 6 in Sacramento on suspicion of giving a homeless woman $20 to watch his 7-year-old granddaughter while he allegedly drank at a bar.

Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the parking lot of a bar on the 5300 block of Auburn Boulevard when a passerby called 911 to report that the suspect—later identified as Jason Warren, 54—was asking people for help in finding his granddaughter.

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