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A few-month-old baby alone inside his vehicle while shopping at the supermarket

A few-month-old baby alone inside his vehicle while shopping at the supermarket

MASPALOMAS24H Thursday, September 08, 2022

Off-duty officer spots baby alone inside parked vehicle

 

The Civil Guard of the Main Neighborhood Post investigated a 2-year-old woman on September 30 for the commission of an alleged crime of child abandonment, for leaving a minor a few months old inside. of a vehicle parked in the parking lot of a supermarket without the company of any adult in the municipality of Vecindario, being detected by an out-of-service Civil Guard.

 

Occurrence of events

 

The off-duty Civil Guard learned of the events on the afternoon of September 02, when around 15:30 p.m. she went to make purchases at the supermarket, located in Vecindario, when she left the shopping cart in the designated area. In the parking lots, he noticed the crying of a baby near the area he was in, observing how inside a vehicle parked there was a minor of a few months old, alone and with the windows slightly lowered, not observing There was no responsible adult in the vicinity and there were adverse weather conditions that could have been dangerous for the baby since the temperature was approximately 30 degrees outside the vehicle.

 

For this reason, the off-duty agent quickly went inside the supermarket, asking its staff to locate the owner of the indicated vehicle, coinciding that a woman who was in the checkout line turned out to be the owner, contemptuously rebuking that she was not no one's problem, at which time the agent identified herself as a Civil Guard and reported that she could be committing a crime of abandonment.

 

The agent immediately communicated what happened by telephone to the Main Neighborhood Post of the Civil Guard, therefore, the investigation began to clarify the facts and investigate the author, for the commission of an alleged crime of abandonment of minors. .

 

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