A woman has been arrested on child abuse charges after police say she left her young child alone inside a hot car for over an hour and a half.
South Salt Lake Police were called Wednesday to the parking lot outside the CSL Plasma Center at 2978 South State Street just before 5:30 p.m. after a witness saw an infant, who was less than 1 year old, crying inside the car without the engine running.
Using security video footage, the officer saw the woman, Leinara Tioa, arriving at the plasma center at 3:42 p.m. and leaving her child in the car. Tioa was then seen at 5:23 p.m., returning to the vehicle and checking its rear driver side window, but not opening the car door to let air in…