A 35-year-old father in Florida who was out delivering food for Uber Eats has been arrested after he allegedly left behind his young special needs son who was later found running naked and alone along the interstate.

Jeremy Jaron Rouse, who allegedly said he continued with his deliveries to avoid damaging his delivery rating, was taken into custody this week and charged with one count of cruelty toward a child by child abuse without great bodily harm, a felony, court records reviewed by Law&Crime show.

According to a probable cause affidavit, an officer with the Altamonte Springs Police Department at about 11:06 p.m. on Oct 16 responded to an on-ramp of Interstate 4 regarding a report of an unattended child.

Upon arriving, the officer said he "observed a juvenile running naked down the

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