Grandpa accused of paying homeless woman $20 to watch his grandkid, 7, while he got drunk at bar

A California man was arrested aft he allegedly paid a bum female $20 to watch his 7-year-old granddaughter while he sewage drunk astatine a bar, according to police.

Jason Warren, 54, was flagging down strangers for thief astir 7:45 p.m. connected Monday nighttime claiming that his grandkid had been kidnapped for quality trafficking, prompting a passerby to interaction nan Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department.

When deputies arrived, they recovered Warren “highly intoxicated,” according to police. He told them he’d fixed an chartless bum female $20 to spell to a thrift shop pinch nan woman while he went into nan barroom 4 hours earlier to drink.

The bum woman, who nan sheriff’s agency is calling a “guardian angel,” said she was confused but knew nan woman was successful bully hands.

“I was like, ‘Okay that’s a large thing… you don’t cognize who I am,’ but I knew that she would beryllium safe pinch me,” Lauren Jope told FOX40.com.

The Sheriff’s Office deployed K9s, helicopters and drone units to way down nan girl. About a half hr later, Jope returned to nan parking batch aft proceeding announcements complete nan PA system.

Jope confirmed that Warren had paid her nan $20 to spell to nan thrift shop pinch nan girl. She said she did not deliberation he was tin of taking attraction of his granddaughter owed to his drunken state, and took nan woman to her “camp” to get immoderate food.

The girl, who was not successful immoderate distress and had nary injuries, corroborated Jope’s account.

Warren was arrested and charged pinch felony kid endangerment and was held astatine nan Sacramento County Main Jail connected a $75,000 bond.

When asked if he would do it again, Warren said “Yes, I would.”

“I didn’t do thing wrong. Everything I did I told God astir and I said, ‘It’s your will God, not my will. Let your will beryllium done,” he said.

The child’s aunt has afloat custody of nan girl, but she had asked Warren to watch her that time because she had to work.

Warren told Fox40 that he was wholly assured that Jope could return attraction of his granddaughter, contempt not knowing nan bum woman.

“She was astir 28 to 30 years old,” Warren told nan outlet from jail. “I knew, I could show by her characteristic that she seemed for illustration a decent person. I trusted her for illustration I would spot my sister aliases my cousin.”