This is a press release courtesy of the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office

At 2:30 p.m. this afternoon the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office received an anonymous call concerning three children left unattended in an automobile in the Promenade parking lot on Southeast Sunnyside Road in Clackamas.

Clackamas County Sheriff's Deputy Brian Pearson and Steve Shelly arrived on the scene and located the anonymous caller's described vehicle containing three children. The ages of these three children are provided as age 6 (girl); age 3 (girl) and a 14 month-old boy.

Deputy Pearson and Shelly recognized the interior temperature of this automobile was sizzling hot – with the youngest child, the infant boy, bright red in color, lethargic and in obvious physical distress.

Deputy Pearson immediately applied a cool-pack he had taken from his lunch box and applied this cool-pack to the child's body. This application of the cool-pack demonstrated quick and resourceful thinking by Sheriff's patrol personnel on the scene. This application of the cool-pack appears to have been the appropriate action and delivered, perhaps, a lifesaving measure for this 14-month-old child in jeopardy.

After several minutes had elapsed while attending to the immediate needs of the children; the interior temperature of the suspect vehicle was recorded by placing a thermometer inside the automobile.

The thermometer spiked to an excruciating 120-degree plus interior temperature; although, this interior temperature is suspected to actually calculate to at least 140 -150 degrees. This thermometer used by the sheriff's deputies on scene was capable of only registering to the 120-degree mark.

All the children were promptly provided the comfort of the interior air conditioned patrol vehicles while American Medical Response administered medical attention at the scene.

The infant child was transported to a local Portland hospital and is being held for observation and treatment of an elevated body temperature, an explained symptom of becoming exposed to excessive temperatures and overheated.

The additional two children have been placed into protective custody pending the investigation.

After a short period of time the mother of these children, who had left the children unattended in this enclosed vehicle, returned to the vehicle with a shopping bag containing merchandise.

This mother has been identified as Alena Obrezha, 26, with a residential address provided in Clackamas.

A short time later the identified spouse and father of the children involved arrived on the scene; he is identified as Dmitriy Buzhduga, 27, also of Clackamas.

All the children were promptly provided the comfort of the interior air conditioned patrol vehicles while Clackamas Fire District #1 administered medical attention at the scene.

Both parents have been transported to the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Jail and lodged for the crime of Criminal Mistreatment (3X); a class C felony; total bail is $45,000 for each inmate.

Arraignment is scheduled for this matter on Monday, June 4 at 3 p.m. in the Clackamas Circuit Court, Oregon City.

The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office would like to recognize and thank the anonymous conscientious citizen who witnessed this life threatening event and called the Sheriff's Office to report the three children, unattended, suffering in the sweltering vehicle. Thank you!