Police: NY mom left toddler alone in car parked outside home while she smoked marijuana
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police on Long Island said a mother left her 1-year-old child alone in a car for more than 40 minutes while she was inside her home smoking marijuana. Police said they got a call at around noon Monday of a toddler that had been left alone in a car parked in front of a home in Shirley.
When they arrived, they found the boy in the backseat and the child's mother, 43-year-old Karen Edelmann, inside her home smoking pot.
Police said Edelmann was arrested on charges of endangering the welfare of a child, marijuana possession and resisting arrest. She was being held overnight and is expected to be arraigned on Tuesday. Police did not know if she had a lawyer.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The child was released into the custody of his father and Child Protective Services was notified.