Woman Arrested After Leaving Toddler to Walk NYC Streets Alone at Night parentherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from parentherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Sadeekah Abdul Salaam, 32, was arrested on Monday in the Bronx
She was charged with with abandonment of a child, acting in a manner injurious to a child and reckless endangerment
Salaam left her four-year-old daughter alone on a Bronx street after midnight two days earlier while she went to a homeless shelter
The little girl, Sidaya, was wearing only a sweater in 40-degree weather
Police released surveillance video showing Sidaya walking with her mother about 10 minutes before the little girl was spotted by cops wandering alone
Salaam was released on Wednesday from Bronx Criminal Court
She refused to answer questions on why she abandoned her daughter
Mom arrested after girl, 4, found alone on NYC sidewalk remained unclaimed for days
The New York City s Administration for Children s Services has now taken custody of the child
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Over the weekend police officers were stunned to discover a four-year-old girl roaming the streets of New York City alone. After the child remained unclaimed for days, police have arrested a woman who is now believed to be her mother.
Saturday, police noticed the child walking alone just after midnight at the corner of E. 156 St. and Prospect Ave. in the Bronx. Sunday, the NYPD shared surveillance video on its official Twitter page that showed a person who appears to be a woman walking ahead as the girl crosses the street alone. The adult stops to make sure the child crossed the street safely. But in a stunning turn of events, she then leaves her behind.
A Bronx mother was released from custody on Wednesday just four days after allegedly abandoning her 4-year-old daughter on a Bronx street while she went to a homeless shelter.
Sadeekah Abdul Salaam left her little girl alone near Prospect Ave. and East 156th St. in the South Bronx around midnight Saturday, then went to a homeless shelter to find somewhere to stay, police said.