Couple faces charges of child neglect

A Clarendon couple is facing felony charges after their child was found playing in the street about a block from their home.

Sheriff Butch Blackburn said the child, appearing to be two-years old, was spotted playing at Third and Goodnight before 11 a.m. the morning of July 27. A deputy attempted to locate the child’s parents and found a second pre-school aged child inside a locked vehicle.

The parents were found asleep inside a house in the 200 block of S. Carhart Street, and an infant was in the house.

Brandon David Goodwin III, age 24, and Anna Christine Johnson, age 19, were arrested July 31 and charged with two counts each of Abandon Endanger Criminal Child Neglect, which is a state jail felony. Bond was set at $20,000 for each charge, which is $40,000 per person.

Blackburn said Friday that the three children were placed in the care of grandparents. As of Tuesday afternoon, Johnson remained in custody in the Donley County Jail, and Goodwin had been freed on bond.