Mom of child deserted at Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan discovered and arrested in Queens
MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) — The 30-year-old mom of a child woman discovered deserted at Penn Station in Midtown earlier this week has been arrested.
Assa Diawara was situated in Queens simply earlier than 3 a.m. on Wednesday and arrested by police.
She is dealing with costs of abandonment of a kid and endangering the welfare of a kid. She anticipated to seem in court docket someday Wednesday.
Police launched a photograph of her carrying the infant who was discovered at Penn Station on Monday.
An nameless tip led police to the kid on the station on W. thirty fourth Avenue and seventh Avenue simply earlier than 9:30 a.m. The infant woman was discovered wrapped in a blanket on the backside of a staircase resulting in the 1/2/3 practice platform.
The infant was stated to be acutely aware and alert when she was discovered.
Police say surveillance video reveals Diawara outdoors Penn Station. They adopted a path of a number of movies and stated they discovered one other of Diawara taking a Cadillac automotive service again to Jamaica, Queens, which they tracked utilizing know-how.
Again in her neighborhood, detectives canvassed the world the place she was dropped off and a neighbor acknowledged her from the surveillance footage.
Detectives confronted Diawara and she or he allegedly admitted to abandoning her new child daughter.
Neighbors stated they had been stunned to listen to what occurred.
“Thank goodness that child was discovered properly and alive however it’s heartbreaking to know that particular person accountable is correct right here a couple of homes away from me,” a neighbor named Jonathan stated.
New York’s Secure Haven Regulation was created to guard undesirable infants, permitting mother and father to legally and anonymously abandon a new child. The infant must be beneath 30 days outdated and left in an acceptable location like a hospital or a staffed police or hearth station.
The infant could be left in a Secure Haven Child Field however somebody most be notified. To get assist or discover a location, there’s a Secure Haven hotline — 1-888-510-BABY.
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