Woman accused of leaving children in cold car in casino parking lot
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TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG/Gray News) – An Ohio woman is facing charges after police say she left two children alone in a car that was not running or locked in below-freezing temperatures in a casino parking lot.
Shaneja Gamble, 22, is charged with endangering children after the kids were found in the vehicle on the third floor of the Hollywood Casino Toledo parking lot, according to police.
Officers say the temperature at the time was 26 degrees.
Jail records show Gamble was arrested shortly after 1:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon.
According to Toledo police, the children were found after casino security alerted an off-duty officer.
Court documents indicate she was due to be arraigned Monday morning.
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Mass. woman charged after allegedly leaving baby, dog in car while in R.I. casino
Police arrested and charged the Onset woman with cruelty to or neglect of a child.
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A Massachusetts woman was arrested Saturday after her infant and dog were found unattended in her car parked at a Rhode Island casino, according to the Tiverton Police Department.
Around 7 a.m. on Saturday, Tiverton police responded to a report of an unattended infant in a vehicle. Police and casino security guards found a white Toyota on the upper level of the parking garage with unlocked doors and an infant and small dog inside, according to a press release.
Police said they identified the vehicle’s owner, Elyse Busch of Onset, through a registration check.
Using casino surveillance footage, police located Busch playing a slot machine and noted that she entered the casino over 30 minutes prior to their arrival.
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Police arrested and charged Busch with cruelty to or neglect of a child. Bail was set at $3,000 and her hearing is planned for Thursday at Newport District Court, according to the police.
The 15-month-old infant was taken by Tiverton Rescue to Hasbro Children’s Hospital for evaluation and was later released to a family member, authorities said.
An investigation remains ongoing.
Mom arrested for leaving 2 young kids in car while gambling in casino
The mother of two small kids has been arrested, accused of leaving them in her car while she gambled inside Casino 580 in Livermore.
LIVERMORE, Calif. — Two children were terrified and trapped while they were locked in a hot car as their mother gambled at an East Bay casino. Rescuers described the scared faces peering out at them from inside. The mother of the two children, 37-year-old Phaley Nget, was arrested at Casino 580 in Livermore for child endangerment.
Police say the mother is from Oakland and she was gambling inside the casino on Sunday around 6 p.m. The children are doing fine, but the inside of a car can heat up like an oven very quickly and that’s why police are not taking this lightly.
When police and firefighters responded to the parking lot across the street from Casino 580, they heard two small children crying and they saw the face of a 3-year-old girl peeking at them from the back window of the car. A 2-year-old girl was also inside.
“It’s not OK to leave your kids in the car for even a minute,” Livermore Police Ofc. Traci Rebiejo said.
Employees at a nearby company, who reported the kids, estimate they were in the car for 30 minutes to an hour. The mother was gambling inside Casino 580.
“She had covered the windows with blankets, so I don’t know if that was to conceal the children inside or to try and keep the heat out of the car,” Rebiejo said.
The kids were strapped into their car seats with the window cracked open. A firefighter reached in and opened the door. It was 75 degrees outside, but the temperature inside was 81 and rising.
“I wouldn’t even leave my dog in the car for 10 minutes out here. Let alone my kids,” Casino 580 patron Jessica Guerrero said.
Apparently, Nget saw the police activity and came out. She was arrested on the spot.
“We often will get a call for someone who runs into the store to buy a gallon of milk when they’re in the store for a couple of minutes. I mean, she left them for over 30 minutes to go and do something for her pleasure,” Rebiejo said.
Guerrero recognized Nget and said, “She’s here quite a bit.”
Police don’t know if Nget has left her children like this before, but now she’s charged with child endangerment and her kids are in protective custody.
