Crime & Safety
Wandering Toddler Leads to Man's Arrest
Pasco County Sheriff's deputies say a Holiday man left the child alone at home and went elsewhere for an extended period of time.
Locals found a 2-year-old cild wandering alone on a road in Holiday on Saturday.
Pasco County Sheriff’s deputies say Matthew Margetko, 32, left the child alone at home and went elsewhere for an extended period of time. It's unclear what road the child was found on.
Margetko, of 3444 Bedford Drive, was arrested and charged with child neglect.
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He remained in the Land O' Lakes jail Monday in lieu of $3,300 bail.
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