This is classic Florida. There’s Florida man, but what about Florida kid? ‘William’ fits the bill if there ever was a category. The little kid decided he wanted breakfast, but obviously wasn’t interested in anything inside his home. He decided to go to Chick-fil-A, where police responded to a call from the establishment. The kid is only 5 years old. Granted, when such calls are made to police, it’s usually some drunk or disorderly, so a kiddo munching on nuggets and sipping milk was a welcome surprise. The question this kid asked the officers was hilarious, though mom and dad were flat-out aghast over their son’s ability to pull off this trip
‘William’ was escorted home by officers, where the youngster gave them directions. It’s unreal—the house the kid pointed to was the most secure. It had a fence and a gate, whose call box was not working. So, officers hopped the fence and informed ‘William’s’ parents of what had transpired. The mother told the cops that the kid likely knew how to get there since they had walked to Chick-fil-A before, though they never thought he’d go alone. They concluded ‘William’ likely unlocked the front door and simply walked out (via Fox News):
WATCH: 5-year-old Florida boy leaves home alone, walks to Chick-fil-A for breakfast
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A hungry 5-year-old Florida boy craving Chick-fil-A snuck out of his home one morning this summer to walk to the popular fast-food restaurant by himself, prompting a visit from the police while he munched on his food.
The boy, identified as William, was seen eating a breakfast sandwich in a booth next to a Chick-fil-A manager when deputies from the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office showed up.
"Are you going to take me to jail?" he asked the officers, according to bodycam footage.
No," one officer replied. "I’m not going to put you in jail."
William managed to leave his house while his parents slept. He then squeezed through the fence that surrounds the property and walked down the street for breakfast alone, police said.
After eating, police put the boy in a squad car, and with William's help, were able to locate his home, to the surprise of his parents, who hadn’t realized he was gone.
"It’s kind of scary, actually, because we didn’t realize what was going on until after," his mother, Victoria, said during a reunion with staff and officers at the restaurant.
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The boy’s father, identified as Phil, said his son "had an adventure."
"I was worried about him—was he scared, was he crying, was he upset? He was quiet, which was unusual for him," the dad said. "I think it did shake him up some, so I don’t really think we needed to impress too much that he shouldn’t do it again."
Could this have ended differently? Sure. But it didn’t. The kid got food—that’s it. Next time, it was stressed that mom or dad should come as well.