{"id":2949,"date":"2013-07-03T18:10:12","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T22:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=2949"},"modified":"2013-07-17T15:55:43","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T19:55:43","slug":"aurora-woman-arrested-after-tot-left-in-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/aurora-woman-arrested-after-tot-left-in-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora woman arrested after tot left in car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An Aurora mother was arrested last week charged with child abandonment.<\/p>\n<p>The 42-year-old woman was arrested Thursday morning in Markham after her two-year-old child was found locked in a vehicle in the summer heat. According to Constable Blair McQuillan of the York Regional Police, the tot was discovered in the car by a concerned bystander. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt approximately 11.30 a.m., police were called to a commercial plaza parking lot at 9255 Woodbine Avenue, near 16th Avenue, by a concerned citizen who found an unattended toddler locked in a vehicle,\u201d said Constable McQuillan in a statement. \u201cWhen officers arrived on the scene, they found the child in distress. Officers were able to pry open a car window, unlock the door, and free the child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added the mother of the child was soon found and was arrested at the scene \u201cwithout incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Charged with Child Abandonment and released from custody, she will next appear in court in Newmarket on Friday, July 26. Police have not released any names to protect the victim. <\/p>\n<p>Police ask anyone with information to call York Regional Police #5 District Criminal Investigations Unit at 1-266-876-5423, x7531, anonymously to Crime Stoppers either by calling 1-800-222-TIPS, going online at www.1800222TIPS.com, or by texting your information to CRIMES starting with the word \u201cYORK\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is imperative that anyone caring for a child understands the consequences of leaving children unattended inside vehicles during extreme weather conditions,\u201d said Constable McQuillan. \u201cExtreme heat during the summer months can result in serious injury or death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition to these consequences, individuals who are caring for a child may find themselves facing criminal charges under the Child and Family Services Act that requires children under 10 years to be provided with adequate and reasonable care and supervision.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The two-year-old girl was transported to hospital as a precaution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Aurora mother was arrested last week charged with child abandonment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}