Couple Drinking at the Pool Leads to Felony Child Endangerment Charges
Amy & T.J.
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🗓️ 11 July 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
A Florida couple thought they could dip down to the pool and have a drink while their young kids were in cribs upstairs at their Key Largo Resort over the Fourth of July weekend. Hotel staff heard the kids crying and called police who promptly arrested the couple and placed the kids in protective custody. We go over the details of the case, including the fact that mom and dad were gone for approximately 40 minutes, and ask if the punishment fits the crime.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.1 | Hey there, folks. It is Saturday, July 11th, and a couple was arrested at a Florida resort while they were enjoying drinks at the pool. |
| 0:17.8 | Well, what's wrong with that? |
| 0:19.2 | Well, here's the problem. |
| 0:20.3 | While they were drinking at the pool, they had left their two young kids in the pool. Well, what's wrong with that? Well, here's the problem. While they were drinking at the pool, |
| 0:21.4 | they had left their two young kids in the crib upstairs in the hotel room. And with that, |
| 0:27.3 | welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. wrote some people might hear that and still say, |
| 0:31.6 | well, what's wrong with that? How many parents have actually done this before? |
| 0:35.0 | I would be willing to bet more than you would think. And nobody will admit it. Exactly. But judging, we'll get to the comments later, but I was actually surprised at how many people said, what's the big deal? Really? Okay. This is great. This happened on the 4th of July. We'll take you back. It's Key Largo, right? It was a couple Fourth of July. They're hanging out. They got two kids. Now, key to this story, Robes, is the age of the kids. We will continue and get to that, but the two kids were left in a crib. Someone heard the kids crying and screaming, so they called. They went to the room and they saw the kids were abandoned, they were alone, police were called, found the parents downstairs drinking. So we're all cut up now. Robs, these two folks are facing felonies. |
| 1:16.1 | Oh, this is a serious, serious charge leveled against them. Yes, they are, they were arrested, |
| 1:21.9 | they were booked, their children were taken away from them. They have lost custody of their children based on this incident. |
| 1:29.5 | We're talking about 43-year-old Brian Canella and 40-year-old Allison Cannella. |
| 1:35.9 | And yes, it was the 4th of July, so exactly a week ago, they were found. |
| 1:40.4 | I like how they were described lounging by the pool with alcoholic drinks in their hands. |
| 1:45.4 | Did they have to say all that? |
| 1:46.6 | They were at the pool. |
| 1:47.8 | They were just at the pool. |
| 1:48.6 | They added lounging by the pool with alcoholic drinks in their hands. |
| 1:54.2 | And look, also of note. |
| 1:56.5 | And this is such an interesting debate that we will get into. |
| 2:00.0 | But according to the police, as you mentioned, it was hotel staff, I believe the cleaning |
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