Mother faces charge after leaving baby in car in Wellesley

By Michael Naughton, Globe Correspondent

A mother was charged today by police after she left her 18-month-old child in the car unattended while she completed errands inside a Wellesley store, authorities said.

The woman, whom police would not identify, parked her car in a metered space on Church Street and left the infant in the car alone for between 10 and 12 minutes with the windows down, police said.

A passerby noticed the baby and called police, who charged the mother with reckless endangerment of a child. She was summonsed to appear in Dedham District Court tomorrow. The Department of Social Services was notified.

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