A toddler was found wandering in the streets in Yucca Valley Wednesday evening. About 6:45 p.m., an approximately 2-year-old boy was found wandering barefoot and alone near Paradise Park, near Barron Drive and Hermosa Avenue. The youths who found the toddler called the Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff patrol units drove through streets in the neighborhoods broadcasting that a missing child had been found. The boy’s 26-year-old father was located about an hour after the toddler had been found. According to a Sheriff’s report, the boy left his home in the 58000 block of Barron Drive while the father was napping. The report states that the father was advised a criminal report of child neglect will be forwarded to the district attorney’s office for review.
