A Marrero man accused of becoming so intoxicated on Sunday that he forgot his children at a snowball stand remains in custody at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna.
Joshua Anthony Hargis, 26, of 5316 Ehret Road, was arrested in the 2900 block of Oberlin Street in Marrero and booked with child desertion on Sunday after the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office says he forgot his young children at a snowball stand for a half hour because he was inebriated.
According to an arrest report, Hargis took his two children to Scuba Steve's Snowball stand in the 2400 block of Barataria Boulevard on Sunday. A witness said Hargis appeared intoxicated when he walked up to the counter to order, the report said.
Hargis sat the children, 5 and 7 years old, on a bench in front of the stand, and returned to his vehicle where he appeared to fall asleep, the report said, A short time later, Hargis awoke from his nap, started up the vehicle and drove away leaving the children at the bench.
The witness called a deputy to the scene, and the report says the children kept saying "Dad left us." The deputy was able to contact the children's mother, who said Hargis had picked them up from her home to take them out and she hadn't heard from him after that.
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