A long-running investigation led to the arrest of a Syracuse woman accused of abandoning a child and animals at a Penn Yan residence.
Ashley A. Montgomery, 43, was arrested Jan. 5 on an outstanding warrant following a grand jury indictment in Yates County.
Police said they responded to a village home in September 2023 after a concerned citizen reported suspicious circumstances. Officers found a 13-year-old child living alone after Montgomery allegedly left nearly two weeks earlier and fled to Syracuse…