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3-year-old wanders off from day care, is rescued by officer

Posted Tuesday, July 12, 2022 10:33 am

HENRY COUNTY, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia police officer is being recognized in his city for rescuing a 3-year-old boy wandering alone by a busy road.

Stockbridge police officer Granville Barrett told WSB-TV he spotted the boy alone off of Rock Quarry Road around 11:30 a.m. Friday morning, and brought him to his cruiser to cool off. Barrett said 15 more minutes passed before a worker approached from the daycare a quarter-mile away.

He said the boy apparently climbed a fence in the yard of the ABC Early Learning Academy and workers there realized he was missing when they did a head count. Stockbridge Police told WSB that nobody called 911. The boy’s mother said she’s upset no one notified her until after it was all over.

Barrett, who received special recognition at Monday’s city council meeting, said he's just glad no one was hurt.

“It was God’s will; I think he put me there that day, right time right place,” Barrett said.

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