Good Samaritan Pries Open Car to Rescue Crying Baby Left Alone: Police

A 20-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly leaving her 10-month-old boy alone in a car while she went shopping at a Long Island store Sunday after a good Samaritan who heard the child crying pried open the vehicle with a car antenna and called police, authorities say.

Police responding to the 911 call found the baby's mother, Tirza Artiga-Acosta, at the Huntington Station complex on East Jericho Turnpike and arrested her on child endangerment charges. She had allegedly left the baby alone for about half an hour.

The baby was taken to a hospital for evaluation and released to a family member.

It wasn't immediately clear if Artiga-Acosta had an attorney.

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