A Texas man is accused of abandoning a 1-month-old baby on the front porch of the child's mother's house — and police officers say they have the security footage to prove it.

Merquez Bershawn James, 35, is facing a felony charge of abandoning or endangering a child with no intent to return, Waco CBS affiliate KWTX reported . According to the station, police were called to a home in the 200 block of North Lakeview Drive at around 2 p.m. on Nov. 28, after the child's mother told officers that James had called to say he was dropping off the child.

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The child's mother had apparently told James she wasn't home, but James went ahead and left the baby in a

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