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Monday, June 05, 2006

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Boy, 6, left at West Boca Chuck E. Cheese's after his birthday party

Sun-Sentinel.com
Posted June 4 2006, 6:35 PM EDT

West Boca -- No charges are expected to be filed against the Pompano Beach mother of a 6-year-old boy who was left at Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant after his birthday party Saturday, Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said.

Lacqetta Monroe, 23, thought her son, Michael Emanuel, was going to sleep over a relative's house and the mother didn't immediately realize he was left behind in the restaurant in the 21600 block of U.S. 441, investigators said. Detectives said the boy was abandoned because of a miscommunication between Monroe and her relatives. The child was not harmed.

The boy spent the night in the care of child welfare workers. He will remain in the care of Florida Department of Children and Families until a child protective hearing is held Monday and the court decides if he can return home.