Immokalee man accused of leaving child alone in car for 40 minutes

Writer: Matthew Seaver
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Ketel Lorsime
Ketel Lorsime, 45. (Credit: Collier County Sheriff’s Office)

An Immokalee man was arrested for leaving their child alone in their car for nearly 40 minutes back in June.

Deputies arrested Ketel Lorsime, 45, on Sunday after an investigation into him leaving his 3-year-old son alone in the car for about 39 minutes on June 21.

Just after 7:30 on that day in June, deputies say they got a report of a child that was left alone in a car at the Winn Dixie on Lake Trafford Road. Deputies who spoke with Lorsime at the store after the report said Lorsime’s son appeared scared and looked like he had been crying.

The sheriff’s office says surveillance video from Winn Dixie showed Lorsime crack a window and walk away from the car with his child inside for about 39 minutes.

Deputies spoke with Lorsime again on June 24. Lorsime told them that he was away from his car for that period of time.

Lorsime is facing a charge of child neglect for leaving his son unattended in a car for more than 15 minutes.

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