A St. Joseph father has been charged with endangering his two children.

34-year-old Jerrid Felts of St. Joseph has been charged with a second degree misdemeanor for Endangering the Welfare of a Child.

According to court documents, on Sunday Felts left his two children in a vehicle unsupervised in the Kovacs parking lot located at 2202 Frederick Ave to run inside the store.  While he was gone, the vehicle was knocked out of gear and rolled about 30 feet with the children inside.  It ended up crashing into another parked vehicle in the lot.

“The children were able to place the vehicle in neutral,” said Det. Briana Mendell with the St. Joseph Police Department in the statement. “The vehicle rolled with the children inside.”

Records show Felts has prior convictions for burglary, receiving stolen property and theft.

“Felts has four prior arrests for failure to appear and was booked in for a failure to appear warrant at the time of the arrest,” Mendell said.

Bail has been set at $5,000 cash or surety.  An arraignment is scheduled for Friday.