Man accused of child endangerment after leaving granddaughter with homeless woman

Monday was like any other day for Lauren Jope until a stranger came up to her and asked her to take care of a seven-year-old girl she’d never met.

It happened around 7:45 p.m. Monday in the parking lot of The Cinders Bar on Auburn Boulevard.

"I was just walking down the street and this car looked like it was out of gas and was just kind of pulling into the parking lot,” said Jope. “This guy asks me, ‘Hey, could you watch my car or can you go into the store with my daughter to buy a pair of shorts?’”

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