Infant in Car Revived After Being Left in Casino Lot As reported by Northwest Indiana News: "A 24-year-old woman has been charged with neglect for leaving her 16-day-old infant in a car in the parking lot of Resorts Casino during the frigid weather last weekend. "It was just 9 degrees outside when the newborn was discovered unresponsive in the car about 1:30 p.m. Sunday, authorities said. The baby was successfully revived and two other children in the car were unharmed. "Keisha L. Clark, of the 1600 block of West Fifth Avenue in Gary, was arrested and charged Tuesday by the Lake County prosecutor's office with felony neglect of a dependent. "Clark told county prosecutors that she had gone to the casino to locate the infant's father and had not been gone more than 20 minutes. "...East Chicago Police Lt. Lourdes Vega-Torres said the police first became aware of the children when security guards at the casino spotted them in the car out in the cold..." |