SPRING BRANCH, Texas (KTRK) -- Two parents from the Spring Branch area were arrested in Florida after authorities say they left their 6-month-old baby unattended on a beach for nearly an hour.

According to the Walton County Sheriff's Office, Brian, 40, and Sara Wilks, 37, were vacationing with their children at Miramar Beach when deputies received a call Friday afternoon about a baby left alone under a beach tent.

When deputies arrived, they said they found the infant safe in the arms of a good Samaritan. Deputies said the parents were taken into custody shortly afterward and charged with child neglect without great bodily harm, a felony.

Major Dustin Cosson with the Walton County Sheriff's Office said the couple reportedly left their baby unattended while they and their three other ch

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