Crime & Safety
Police Say 4-Year-Old Child Left in Car at Maryland Live! Casino for 8 Hours
The child was found crying in the back seat of a car in a parking garage, police said. Her mother was charged with child neglect.
A Baltimore woman was arrested Tuesday evening after police found her unattended 4-year-old child crying in the back seat of a car in the parking garage at Maryland Live! Casino.
Anne Arundel County Police located the child around 6:30 p.m. on level four of the parking garage. The 4-year-old was cold and hungry, said police, but had no signs of abuse.
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Police determined the mother left the child around 10 a.m. on Tuesday and entered the casino.
Alicia Denice Brown, 24, was charged with second-degree child abuse, neglect, and leaving a child under 8 unattended. Police arrested Brown after she returned to the car and said the child was hers.
Doctors examined the 4-year-old at Baltimore Washington Medical Center. Child Protective Services developed a safety plan for the child and released the 4-year-old to a relative, said police.
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