Boy Found Playing with Used Condom in Hotel Room

Updated: Tuesday, 24 Aug 2010, 12:33 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 23 Aug 2010, 5:55 PM EDT

By MYFOXATLANTA STAFF/myfoxatlanta

ATLANTA, Ga. - Attorneys for an Alpharetta family say a 4-year-old boy was injured after his family found him with a used condom in his mouth during a recent hotel stay in Atlanta.

According to Attorney Thomas Jones, 4-year-old Chase Del’Shawn Jones was staying with his grandmother, Carmen Jones, and other family members at the Wyndham Garden Hotel on Piedmont Avenue NE in Atlanta on July 31. Ms. Jones says their family made the hotel reservations with plans to visit the Georgia Aquarium the next day.

After spending the night, the family’s attorney says the boy’s grandmother woke up and called the front desk because it appeared her room had not been cleaned. While she was in the bathroom, she says she heard another member of her family scream.

Ms. Jones’ attorney says she ran out of the restroom to see her grandson with a used condom in his mouth, and he was attempting to blow it up. According to Ms. Jones’ attorney, the condom had semen inside it, and the boy found it in the sheets of the bed.

“He had his tongue in it,” Jones said in a statement released by her attorney. “I immediately took it out of his mouth.”

The family’s attorney says the hotel manager came to the room, and took possession of the condom, citing company policy. Jones had requested to keep it so it could be tested, but the manager said no, the attorney said.

The boy’s family says they took him to a family doctor and later to a hospital for treatment. They say he developed sores in his mouth following the incident, and he has had a series of tests. They say the results are pending.

Jones’ attorney says she has filed a report with the Atlanta Police Department.

FOX 5 contacted Wyndham Hotels for comment on the alleged incident. A hotel spokesperson said in a statement, "We are just learning of the allegations directed at the hotel and have not had an opportunity to investigate the claims or discuss the situation with the facility's owner."

From: http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/local_news/boy-found-playing-with-used-condom-20100823-es