Shelton Father Leaves 2 Young Kids In a Car: Orange Police

Orange police officers say they responded to the parking lot of the K&G store at 80 Boston Post regarding two young children alone in a vehicle.

Officers arrived and found two children under the age of three in the vehicle, police said. Their father admitted to having left them alone for a short time while he went inside the store, police said.

Hasan Mehmeti, 37, of Wall Street in Shelton, was subsequently taken into custody and charged with two counts of risk of injury to a minor, two counts of leaving a child under 12 unattended.

He was released after posting $5,000 bond.

Every year there are a rash of incidents where parents leave their kids in hot cars while they shop.

A Connecticut man charged with the hot-car death of his 15-month-old son received leniency from a judge earlier this year and will avoid jail time for forgetting his toddler was in his car last year.