A 2-year-old girl was left in a vehicle overnight at a sports bar in Bristol while the mother spent the evening in the hospital because she was intoxicated, police said.
Police arrested Kelsey James, 22, of Bristol, after learning that her daughter was left in her car for more than five hours.
Police responded to City Sports at 177 Farmington Avenue in Bristol at about 11:56 p.m. on Friday to investigate a report of a woman found sleeping at the bar who was "intoxicated and incapacitated," according to a news release from the police department.
She was taken to Bristol Hospital for treatment and to be evaluated. When she woke up at about 5:20 a.m., she asked hospital staff where her baby was, so the hospital contacted police.
Police found her 2-year-old daughter sleeping in the mother's car at the sports bar parking lot, where she was left while her mother was in the bar and then the hospital, according to police.
The baby was taken to Bristol Hospital to be evaluated and is okay, police said. She is being kept in the hospital until Department of Children and Families representatives arrive in response to the incident.
Police charged James with risk of injury and leaving a child unsupervised in a vehicle, according to police.
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The mother was released after posting a $50,000 bond and she is scheduled to appear in Bristol Superior Court on Sept. 2.
More information will be provided when it becomes available.
