But we left the heat on!
That was a Southampton couple's excuse for leaving their 9-week-old baby alone in the car while they were watching the Kentucky Derby at an Off-Track Betting site, Southampton Town police said Saturday night.
After the infant had been in the parking lot for more than 20 minutes, the new parents came out and tried to drive away, police said. But the cops detained the couple, Krystal Rose Downes, 24, and Jhimy Alban Vintimilla, 28, and charged them with misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child, according to a Southampton Police news release.
Downes told the police that she wasn't endangering her baby, "because after all, she didn't leave the baby out in the cold," and "she made sure she left the vehicle running so the heat could be kept on," police said.
The couple, who could not be immediately reached for comment Saturday night, were ticketed, released and will be arraigned, police said. The cops also reported the parents to the Suffolk County's child welfare agency.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/suffolk/ny-libad0504,0,5808566.story
I haven't been able to track down any pics yet......
That was a Southampton couple's excuse for leaving their 9-week-old baby alone in the car while they were watching the Kentucky Derby at an Off-Track Betting site, Southampton Town police said Saturday night.
After the infant had been in the parking lot for more than 20 minutes, the new parents came out and tried to drive away, police said. But the cops detained the couple, Krystal Rose Downes, 24, and Jhimy Alban Vintimilla, 28, and charged them with misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child, according to a Southampton Police news release.
Downes told the police that she wasn't endangering her baby, "because after all, she didn't leave the baby out in the cold," and "she made sure she left the vehicle running so the heat could be kept on," police said.
The couple, who could not be immediately reached for comment Saturday night, were ticketed, released and will be arraigned, police said. The cops also reported the parents to the Suffolk County's child welfare agency.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/suffolk/ny-libad0504,0,5808566.story
I haven't been able to track down any pics yet......
