26-year-old mother arrested after newborn found abandoned in the Bronx

Police have arrested the mother of the newborn baby girl who was abandoned in the Bronx early Sunday morning.

Delfina Galvez, 26, is behind bars and facing several charges, including reckless endangerment and abandonment of a child.

Police say she left a baby girl outside of a home in a tote bag in Longwood.

Galvez apparently lives near the location where she left child.

She is expected to be arraigned Tuesday.

The person who lives in the home on Reverend James A Polite Avenue discovered the baby after getting a call from a friend about a baby crying outside.

The newborn was taken to a nearby hospital and is expected to recover.

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