Background: Downtown Austin, Texas (Google Maps). Insets (left to right): Jaslyn Tovar, Gabrielle Aleman, and Isaiah Calvo (Austin Police Department).
In a troubling incident in Downtown Austin, Texas, three local residents were apprehended by police for jaywalking, leaving behind an even more concerning situation—a baby left unattended in a vehicle. The individuals involved, Gabrielle Aleman, 22, Isaiah Calvo, 25, and Jaslyn Tovar, 21, spent the evening of December 15 indulging in bar-hopping activities until law enforcement intervened.
According to documents reviewed by Law&Crime, officers from the Austin Police Department encountered the group standing in the street instead of using a designated crosswalk. Alarmingly, the trio seemed completely unaware of their surroundings, almost resulting in a collision with the officers. Despite repeated requests from the police to engage, the group refused to comply. The situation escalated when Aleman and Tovar allegedly resisted arrest, leading to a physical altercation with the officers.
While the trio was being detained, a call came into the police department from Aleman’s aunt, revealing a distressing oversight—a baby, just 11 months old, was left in Aleman’s car parked in a notoriously high-crime area. This information was confirmed by court records accessed by KVUE, a local ABC affiliate.
Officers noted that both Aleman and Calvo appeared visibly intoxicated, exhibiting slurred speech, a noticeable smell of alcohol, bloodshot eyes, and difficulty maintaining their balance. When police attempted to arrest Aleman, she expressed her resistance with, “Dude, hell nah,” and attempted to flee, prompting a short pursuit before officers managed to subdue her.
Similarly, Tovar reportedly resisted arrest by flailing on the ground, while Calvo remained seated on the curb during the altercation. Throughout the ordeal, none of the three individuals disclosed the presence of a baby in the vehicle, raising serious concerns about the child’s welfare.
At no point during their arrests did any of the three suspects mention that they brought a baby with them.
According to court documents related to the child abandonment charges, all three suspects were in the Travis County Jail when Aleman’s aunt called the department at 1:09 a.m. to notify police that Aleman’s 11-month-old son was still in the car. Local CBS affiliate KEYE also obtained the court documents, which stated that when a detective asked Aleman about the baby while she was sitting in jail, she said the baby was with her sister in a neighboring town.
Police found the baby at 1:23 a.m. in a locked, parked car, where officers were met by a concerned citizen who spotted the baby inside. According to the affidavit, the baby was pinned under the front passenger seat and trapped in a “dangerous degree of positional stress” resulting from an unsecured car seat. As the outside temperature dropped to 36 degrees Fahrenheit, police said the baby was not dressed appropriately for the winter weather. The baby was taken to the hospital, but was not injured.
When police questioned the three suspects while they were in jail, they said they planned to monitor the baby through FaceTime while they hit the bars. Police said surveillance videos captured the suspects visiting bars on Sixth Street from 9:56 p.m. until they were arrested at 11:42 p.m.
Aleman, Calvo, and Tovar were all charged with child abandonment/endangerment with imminent danger of bodily injury or death and traffic-related misdemeanors. None of them was listed as an active inmate on Tuesday. Calvo and Tovar are scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 9, 2026; Aleman on Jan. 16, 2026.
