West Hartford police arrested a man who they said left two young children alone on the side of the road in freezing cold temperatures so he could trade a phone for marijuana in Hartford.
Police said Kirk Wilson, 35, of East Windsor, had been waiting for his girlfriend to finish a job interview at 29 South Main Street on Jan. 30 but became impatient because she was taking too long and he wanted to buy marijuana.
He made their two young daughters, ages 7 and 12, get out of the girlfriend’s car in 30-degree weather and drove to Holcomb Street in Hartford, leaving the girls with no phone to call anyone for help, police said.
Wilson had 1 cent with him when arrested and police said he was planning to trade the phone, which was not his, for the marijuana.
