The Brief
- A New Jersey woman has been charged after police say she left her child alone in a vehicle for more than two hours while she gambled at a Bucks County casino.
- After police got the child out of the vehicle, they say casino security helped them track down the child’s mom, who was actively gambling inside.
- The child was treated at a local hospital and released into the care of their father, police say.
BENSALEM, Pa. – A New Jersey mom has been arrested and charged after police say she left her young child unattended inside her vehicle for hours last week while she was inside a casino gambling.
The backstory:
Bensalem Township Police were called to the Parx Casino parking lot shortly before 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 14 for a report of a child left unattended inside a vehicle. …