Prosecutors have dropped the criminal case against Opa-locka’s director of parks and recreation, who was cited after authorities said she left a 5-year-old child unattended inside a vehicle overnight for more than eight hours.
A spokesperson for the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office told NBC6 that the dismissal was due to the Opa-locka Police officer on the case not showing up to court Tuesday.
Parks and Recreation Director Zonya Ray was cited in connection with the incident, which occurred on March 11. Investigators said the child was discovered around 6 a.m. in the parking lot of an Opa-locka government building on 12950 Northwest 42nd Avenue…