A caregiver has been charged with neglect after taking a woman she was caring for to a park and abandoning her there overnight, police say.
Teresa Baldwin, 58, from Largo in Florida, allegedly left a 69-year-old woman, for whom she is the legal carer, at Largo Central Park, just south of Clearwater Beach, on Monday at 3 pm.
As well as the charge of neglecting an elderly person, Baldwin was also charged with possession of crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia in the form of a metal pipe.
Police said the woman was discovered the following morning, lying on the ground in a soiled diaper and without access to her medication. Her cell phone and walker were also taken from her, leaving her unable to call for help or walk to safety…