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Grandmother dropped boy off at wrong daycare

The boy pictured was left at Globe's Daycare on Myrtle Street in Atlanta on Monday. (Credit: Atlanta Police Department)
The boy pictured was left at Globe's Daycare on Myrtle Street in Atlanta on Monday. (Credit: Atlanta Police Department)
By Ellen Eldridge
March 21, 2017

The grandmother of a 3-year-old boy left him at the wrong daycare in Atlanta on Monday morning, Channel 2 Action News reported.

Cameron was taken into Division of Family and Children Services custody after officials at Globe’s Daycare on Myrtle Street told police the driver who left him may have made a mistake.

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Police later confirmed that DFACS took the lead on the case and officers are not permitted by law to confirm or deny involvement in order to protect the child’s privacy.

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