South Carolina man arrested after leaving sleeping 6-year-old daughter in line for Pokémon card release, police say

A man was arrested Friday in Charleston, South Carolina after leaving his six-year-old daughter asleep in line outside a Target to hold his place in line for the release of a new Pokémon trading card set, police said.

Officers responded around 2:30 a.m.to the Target in Charleston’s West Ashley neighborhood after a report of an unattended child, the Charleston Police Department said in a news release. They found the girl alone. Police identified the father as John-Michael Dooley, 35, of Johns Island, South Carolina.

Numerous customers had gathered outside the store overnight in anticipation of the release, according to the police. The latest expansion for the best-selling Pokémon Trading Card Game, “Mega Evolution — Delta Reign,” went on sale Friday. The decades-old Japanese franchise, which began as a children’s video game, centers on fictional creatures that players collect, train and battle. Packs starts at around $5.

The release does not say whether Dooley intended to buy the cards for himself or his daughter.

Witnesses told police that Dooley gave the girl a pillow and blanket before leaving her asleep in line sometime after 1 a.m. After about an hour passed without his return, concerned customers called police, authorities said.

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