Father charged after leaving 6 kids in hot van in Des Plaines to go to cleaning job: police
DES PLAINES, Ill. — A father has been charged after leaving his six children inside a hot vehicle in Des Plaines. The man, whose name has not been ...

DES PLAINES, Ill. — A father has been charged after leaving his six children inside a hot vehicle in Des Plaines. The man, whose name has not been released, faces six counts of misdemeanor child endangerment. He was released from custody and is scheduled to appear in court on June 22. Around 12:20 p.m. Monday, Sheriff's police responded to an apartment building in the 9000 block of Lincoln Drive, after reports of young children locked inside a vehicle parked at the complex. Officers discovered the six children, ages 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, and 18-months, locked inside a Dodge van.