Ypsilanti police find four-year-old in charge of younger siblings

When an Ypsilanti police officer responded to a tip about children left alone in an apartment on Friday, a four-year-old girl was found in charge of two toddlers and an infant while the mother was at work and the father ran an errand.

Questioning the father when he returned home to the apartment on Monroe Street, the officer learned he had gone to a gas station down the street.

The officer was told that the oldest daughter was “more than capable of watching the children for that short period of time," according to reports.

A security guard at the family's apartment complex reported that the kids were alone for approximately 10 minutes when he called policeÂ at about 5:05 p.m.

The officer observed that the children appeared to be clean and healthy, but the Children’s Protective Services division of the Department of Human Services is being notified about the incident.