A viral clip has emerged on social media featuring a 25-year-old man from the US who is seen cleaning his car with a baby. Numerous individuals have voiced worries regarding the infant's health. The Port Arthur Police have charged him after the TikTok video featuring a man from Port Arthur who utilized a baby to remove snow from his Hyundai Elantra wen viral. Duriso confirmed that we established it was an infant aged three months.
The US man is charged with using a baby to wipe the snow off a car earlier this week amid the winter storm that hit Southeast Texas. The Port Arthur Police and Child Protective Services are both looking into a 25-year-old man from Port Arthur due to a viral TikTok video.
Authorities now consider this to be child endangerment. Port Arthur Police Chief Tim Duriso informed 12News that they will not disclose the man's identity, but he anticipates an arrest warrant will be issued next week by the Jefferson County District Attorney's office.
Chief Duriso informed 12News that the incident occurred on Tuesday at the O.W. Collins Elderly Apartments during the winter storm.
"It's a sad situation. I know a lot of people go to social media and they are looking for clicks... but this is not a a deal where you should put a baby on the windshield," Duriso said.
Duriso states that authorities were informed about the video and arrived the very same day to interrogate the man and assess the baby's condition. "He had two other females with him at the time. We suspect one of them was the mom. They checked on the baby. The baby was just fine," said Duriso.
Duriso states that investigators are continuing to examine the man's criminal background, but he is likely to face charges of child endangerment.
To the best of Duriso's knowledge, the baby remains with the parents. The man might be taken into custody as soon as next week. A spokesperson for CPS verifies that they are looking into the incident as well, but cannot provide any additional information at this moment.
One of the X users highlighted another viral video that may have inspired the Port Arthur man’s TikTok video. An X account named Bethany Thomas shared a video with the caption 'I think I know where he got the idea', and also re-shared a tweet from another X user—@WarPath2pt0, featuring a man who is shown lifting his son and clearing snow off his vehicle.