There’s a big difference’: Dad who left 6-year-old son trapped in hot car on Walmart errand gets snippy with officers who reference a 1-year-old’s hot car death the day before, according to police

A Colorado man was charged with child abuse for allegedly leaving his 6-year-old son in a hot, locked car while he went shopping at a New Mexico Walmart.

The Albuquerque Police Department released bodycam footage from the arrest of Michael Clohessy, 45, which was shared with local CBS affiliate KRQE. According to a criminal complaint obtained by the outlet, Clohessy was caught on surveillance cameras as he entered a Walmart store alone on Monday. The complaint stated that the boy remained in the car’s back seat. According to reports, the temperature outside reached 80 degrees that day.

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Police said the boy was red in the face when they discovered him in the car.

According to the complaint, Clohessy informed police that he had been in the store for about 15 minutes. Police believed he had been gone for around 20 minutes.

A police officer can be heard on the body camera footage clarifying the details of Clohessy’s alleged actions, including the fact that he was unaware that leaving a child unattended in a vehicle was illegal. The officer can be heard asking Clohessy if he knew of a 1-year-old baby who died in a hot car in the area the day before, and he confirms that he did.

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“There was a kid who died yesterday,” Clohessy explained. “A one-year-old. I understand. “A one-year-old makes a huge difference.”

“A child’s a child,” the officer said.

“There’s a big difference between a 1-year-old,” Clohessy said, appearing to dismiss the comparison between the 1-year-old victim and his 6-year-old child.

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The officer said, “No, sir.”

The officer also mentioned that Clohessy had allegedly locked the child in the car and taken his car keys. According to the complaint and the officer in the video, Clohessy explained his alleged actions as “It’s Albuquerque.” According to the officer, this demonstrated that the father was aware of a “level of danger in this city that needs to be addressed.”

Clohessy was booked into Bernalillo County’s Metropolitan Detention Center on a single count of open child abuse. He was released from custody on Thursday.

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