Claims extracted
25
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
24%
6 of 25 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
95/100
404 Media's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
5
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Pokémon released its Mega Evolution Delta Region cards this week and one man in Charleston, South Carolina wanted them so badly that he left his 6-year-old daughter in line at Target at 1 am with a pillow and a blanket.
asserted
he → release → pillow
According to the incident report obtained by 404 Media, the person next to the little girl in line heard the father ask if his daughter “had the gun” before he left her alone at Target for more than an hour.
uncertain
he → accord → hour
Later, the father told detectives he left his daughter behind so “he could maintain his place in line and avoid missing the opportunity to purchase the cards.”
uncertain
he → tell → cards
Pokémon cards are big business and people will wait to go to wild lengths to secure them.
asserted
people → wait → them
Waiting in line outside of a store for days before a new release is routine.
asserted
Waiting → wait → release
John-Michael Dooley was waiting in line outside of a Target in Charleston, South Carolina with his 6-year-old daughter on the morning of November 6 when he decided to run home.
asserted
he → wait → November
He didn’t want to lose his place in line so he left his daughter behind “sleeping on the concrete,” according to a record of 911 calls obtained by 404 Media.
uncertain
he → want → Media
Other people waiting for Pokémon cards watched Dooley drive away and called the cops when he didn’t return.
asserted
he → wait → cops
One guy on the scene started a timer on his phone when Dooley left and called the cops once it hit 45 minutes.
asserted
it → start → minutes
“[He] advised later that he continued the timer on his phone, and the point in which the father returned to target showed 1 hour and 6 minutes,” according to an incident report obtained by 404 Media.
uncertain
father → advise → Media
The person in line next to the 6-year-old “recalled the father waking his daughter up before he left and advised her he was ‘taking the dogs home,’” the report said.
asserted
report → recall → dogs
“Following this, [he] recalled hearing the father ask the daughter if ‘she had the gun’ before leaving.’
asserted
she → follow → gun
All parties on scene advised that the offender did not ask anyone to care or look after his daughter, and all stated the offender simply left her there by herself.”
asserted
offender → advise → herself
The cops woke the girl up and she told them “she was at Target in line to get Pokémon cards with her father when the store opened,” according to the incident report.
uncertain
store → wake → report
The police didn’t find a gun.
asserted
police → find → gun
“The only items the juvenile had in her possession when she was located was a pillow and a green blanket.”
asserted
she → have → possession
Dooley returned to the line to find police talking to his daughter.
asserted
police → return → daughter
“The juvenile still was unsure to the whereabouts of her father at this time,” the report said.
asserted
report → say → time
“Several minutes after this, I could hear and see a dark colored SUV driving in the parking lot of Target in our direction.
uncertain
SUV → hear → direction
As the vehicle got closer, the [person who called 911] yelled out ‘That`s him.’”
asserted
who → get → 911
Dooley got out of his car and police arrested him.
asserted
police → get → him
“The offender was brought back to my patrol vehicle at which point he continued to say that he had only left to bring his dogs home,” the report said.
asserted
report → bring → dogs
“The offender reiterated this several times while also confirming that he left his 6-year-old daughter unattended for a period of time.”
asserted
he → reiterate → time
Dooley has been charged with unlawful conduct toward a child.
asserted
Dooley → charge → child
Fights broke out in multiple Target parking lots earlier this year when a 30th anniversary set dropped.
asserted
set → break → lots
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