Homeless man saves 6-year-old boy he found wandering Miami streets at 11 pm as mom arrested

Arnett Johnson (left), a homeless man in Miami, called police last week when he noticed the 6-year-old son of Annie Rivera (right) wandering the streets alone at night - (WPLG via CNN / Miami-Dade Corrections)

A homeless man helped rescue a 6-year-old boy who was found wandering alone on the streets of Miami late at night, leading to the arrest of the child’s mother.

Arnett Johnson, who has been living on a bench in Miami’s Allapattah neighborhood for the past six months after being released from prison, said he spotted the child around 11 p.m. on April 8 at the intersection of Northwest 7th Avenue and 17th Street. He told WPLG that he immediately became concerned after seeing the boy alone.