Kodo is this your kid??

Boy ends up at Hooters after slipping out of day care

DENTON — Investigators are looking into how a young boy managed to slip out of a Denton day care center unnoticed, then cross two busy roads and end up a half-mile away at a Hooters restaurant on Tuesday afternoon.

The five-year-old boy walked out of the Imagination Station child care center in the 2300 block of San Jacinto Boulevard near Golden Triangle Mall.

He then crossed busy Dallas Drive to go to a RaceTrac gas station to purchase a soft drink and snacks.

After leaving the station, he ended up in the Hooters parking lot about a half-mile away.

The restaurant's general manager Brian Mason and his employees spotted the child shortly before 5 p.m. Tuesday.

"I was pretty impressed that he made it that way without getting hurt," Mason said. "He let us know that he looked both ways before crossing the road, stopped in the middle and then crossed again."

With no chaperone for the boy in sight, Mason called police.

"We kept him in the back coloring and kept him pretty occupied until the police showed up," he said.

Deborah Pugh, the day care owner, said the boy had asked to go to the bathroom before he disappeared. When his father arrived minutes later to pick up the child, workers said they realized the boy was missing.

Pugh said she believes he got out through a fire exit, which, by law, must remain unlocked.

"We are looking into the timeline," said Denton police spokesman Jim Bryan, "but I think the greater concern is the distance that this child went and the timeframe that he was not in the day care."

Despite what happened, some parents told News 8 they still trust the Imagination Station.

"She [Pugh] is a caring woman and I like how she takes the children," said Grace Shotayo, one of the parents. "She really cares for them."

Imagination Station is subject to state inspection every three to five months. According to records, the day care has been cited for at least eight violations since 2006. Two of the citations were for improper supervision; the most recent one was issued in April.

Pugh said this is the first time a child has disappeared while in her care since she opened Imagination Station 13 years ago. She said she plans to install an alarm at the emergency exit, and is now escorting all children to the bathroom.

The five-year-old has not been back to the day care since the incident.

State child care licensing workers and police investigators are looking into the case to determine whether they will take action against the center and its owner.


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Kid is too smart for his own good...

 

yeah, I always tell my boyz.. if you get lost.. run to the to the (head) lights.

 

All I saw before I read the story was Kid leaves Daycare to go to Hooters, and all I could think was.. that would be Kodo, if he were a kid...

 

But you will notice that he stopped for some geek munchies... must be some relation to kodo....


~C

 

I would think it was CP's kid, but Beta can't quite cross streets or buy refreshements yet.

 

I refuse to comment on the grounds i will get a rank that i will totaly hate like the DawgLOL

 

lol that profile pic has been there for years. I haven't the courage to change it as it was given to me by CP who promptly removed the rights for us "extra" admins to mess with his account profile.. guess he couldn't take the heat

oh.. and a big.. LAWL to wildwolf ... I'm so happy to be back , aren't you?

 

How does a 5-year old purchase sodas and snacks? or better yet, why is a 5 yr old carrying money?


BTW Like the new title, WW?

 

hey, you never know when your 5 year old will need to buy food at hooters.

 

only when I moon you

 

No, THIS is him He always looks like that too... But maybe the kid just wanted some milk???

 

oh sure.. post the nerdy one..
this is an updated one that was taken recently .. and my hair is long.. I normally have it super short.

 

Next time I see you, I'm pinching your cheeks in front of everybody.

 

Pah that's not long! I put you to shame!

 

NO muskie, But quess i asked for it:cry

 

roflmaoroflmaoroflmao I Was Kodo until i logged on this morning and seen that:-D

 

I guess Hooters supplies their waitresses with crayons and colouring books for break time.rolleyes