A 35-year-old South Carolina man has been arrested and accused of leaving his 6-year-old daughter asleep while waiting in line for Pokémon cards.

As reported by The Washington Post (thanks, IGN), John-Michael Dooley was waiting outside a Target store with his daughter in Charleston's West Ashley district, where a crowd had gathered hoping to purchase the newly-released Pokémon set. Officers arrived at the store at 2:30am local time after receiving reports of an unattended child.

Witnesses reported that Dooley gave his daughter a pillow and a blanket sometime after 1:00am before leaving her asleep in the line. After he failed to return within an hour, the concerned witnesses contacted the police.

When the man eventually returned to the store, he was arrested. He later admitted to leaving his daughter unattended so that he could keep his place in line while he had gone home. He was subsequently charged with unlawful conduct toward a child, while his daughter was placed in emergency protective custody. Thankfully, she was unharmed.

Many of us here at NL are parents, and so it enrages us to no end that someone would even consider doing this. We're at least relieved that no harm came to the 6-year-old girl, but it could have been much worse.

In the words of Reggie Fils-Aimé... "What's wrong with you?"

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