Children ages 3 and 5 wandered into traffic while teen caregiver slept in, deputies say

Two children, ages 3 and 5, wandered into traffic and were nearly struck by a vehicle while the teenager watching them slept inside their home, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. Use up and down arrow keys to resize the meta box pane. Deputies responded Tuesday, Nov. 3, to the 7500 block of Tam O’Shanter Boulevard after receiving a report of two young children unattended in the roadway. A man told deputies he saw the children standing in the middle of the street and pointed toward their home. The children’s mother, Janay Traeshawn Readon, 38, was away from home and had left them in the care of her 15-year-old son, according to the arrest report. Neighbors told deputies the children had returned to their apartment and locked the door behind them. After several attempts, deputies persuaded the children to unlock the door. Inside, deputies found Readon’s 15-year-old son asleep in a rear bedroom wearing headphones. He initially did not respond to their attempts t