{"id":1370,"date":"2026-06-04T19:31:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1370"},"modified":"2026-06-04T19:31:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:31:33","slug":"boy-found-walking-street-after-falling-asleep-on-bus-driver-charged-deputies-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1370","title":{"rendered":"Boy found walking street after falling asleep on bus; driver charged: deputies"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>A bus driver in Miami-Dade County was put behind bars after she left a 6-year-old boy behind on her bus, and he then wandered into the street, authorities say.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1369\">Downtown Miami agency in turmoil after \u2018public assassination\u2019 of director<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Patricia Barberena, 62, is facing a charge of child neglect. As of Thursday, Barberena bonded out of the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Around 8 a.m. Tuesday, Barberena picked up the 6-year-old from his day care and drove him to his school. The little boy fell asleep in his seat and didn\u2019t get off, the Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office said.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Barberena continued to drive home and parked her bus nearby. Shortly after, the 6-year-old woke up alone in the bus, got out and started walking the streets near Southwest 298th Terrace and Southwest 157th Avenue, deputies say.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1367\">Frederica Wilson steps back, Haiti rises, Miramar designer shines<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>A passerby found the boy and called 911.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Deputies noted in Barberena\u2019s arrest report that she was contacted by the boy\u2019s school that he had not arrived. Hearing this, she left her home to find him.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>She was taken into a Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office station, where authorities say she admitted that she did not inspect the bus to see if there were any students still on board.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Barberena] knowingly and willfully failed to provide her children with the care, supervision and services,\u201d her arrest report reads.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1365\">We shouldn\u2019t try to erase history. Are you listening, President Trump? | Opinion<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bus driver was arrested after a 6-year-old fell asleep and was left on the bus and later found walking near SW 298th Terrace and 157th Avenue in Miami-Dade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miami-dade-county"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Boy found walking street after falling asleep on bus; driver charged: deputies - Florida Moving Chronicle<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1370\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boy found walking street after falling asleep on bus; 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