Toddler Left In Car, Mother Arrested

Charges are expected against a woman who left her 2-year-old child out in the car with freezing temperatures.

Ishpeming Police say they responded to a report Wednesday from employees at the Salvation Army that a small child was locked in a vehicle with no one around.  The vehicle was not running.

Employees said that they saw the vehicle in the parking lot with a door open.  An employee did not see anyone around and approached the vehicle and closed the door.  As the door closed, the Salvation Army employee heard a child start crying and saw the child in the backseat.  When the door closed, it locked the vehicle.

Officers arrived and broke a window to get into the car. The child was alert but cold.  Officers called EMS and the child was transported to UP Health System–Bell.

Approximately half an hour after the initial call, the mother showed back up at the scene.  She said she was at a friend’s but would not give specific locations about her whereabouts.

The mother was arrested and transported to the Marquette County Jail.  The 2–year–old child was turned over to Child Protective Service after treatment for exposure.

The name of the mother was not released and the report has been submitted to the Marquette County Prosecutors Office for review of Child Abuse Charges.

Story originally posted at https://abc10up.com/2019/01/23/2-year-old-left-in-cold-car-in-ishpeming-mother-arrested/