{"id":5234,"date":"2026-06-22T20:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T20:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5234"},"modified":"2026-06-22T20:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T20:01:11","slug":"cypress-mother-accused-of-leaving-4-year-old-in-hot-car-while-shopping-at-costco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5234","title":{"rendered":"Cypress mother accused of leaving 4-year-old in hot car while shopping at Costco"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5233\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b67f4b8c8b439d5f36395cacd330e834.webp\" width=\"764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b67f4b8c8b439d5f36395cacd330e834.webp 764w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b67f4b8c8b439d5f36395cacd330e834-300x170.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><\/figure>\n <span>article<\/span><\/div> <div><\/div> <!-- --><\/div> <!-- --> <!-- --><p><span><strong>CYPRESS, Texas<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>A mother has been charged after allegedly leaving her 4-year-old child in a hot car while she shopped at Costco, authorities say.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5231\">These states have the most million-dollar \u2018starter homes\u2019<\/a><\/p> <p>Vannie Nguyen, 33, is charged with abandoning a child with intent to return, court records show.<\/p> <!-- --><p>The backstory:<\/p> <!-- --><div><\/div> <!-- --><p>The Harris County Pct. 4 Constable\u2019s Office responded to Costco on the Northwest Freeway in Cypress on Sunday after a report of a child left alone inside a vehicle.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5228\">This one question may reveal whether your body is getting the rest it needs, study finds<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><p>Authorities say the child had been left in the hot vehicle that was turned off. According to the constable\u2019s office, the child had been in the car for about 30 minutes before citizens got her out. EMS evaluated the child and helped cool the child down.<\/p> <!-- --><p>Authorities say the child\u2019s mother later came out of the store and was arrested.<\/p> <!-- --><p>What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p> <!-- --><p>&#8220;Temperatures inside a vehicle can rise dangerously fast, even within minutes. Never leave children or pets unattended inside a vehicle. We are grateful for the quick actions of the citizens who stepped in to help this child,&#8221; Constable Mark Herman said.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5225\">Houston man accused of killing woman, shooting himself charged with murder<\/a><\/p> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mother has been charged after allegedly leaving her 4-year-old child in a hot car while she shopped at Costco, authorities say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,38,7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-and-public-safety","category-cypress","category-harris-county","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cypress mother accused of leaving 4-year-old in hot car while shopping at Costco - 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