Police: Roswell Mom Left 9-Month-Old Baby In Car

A Roswell mother was arrested last week for allegedly leaving her infant alone inside a car while she shopped inside a pharmacy.

Rowell police on Aug. 8 arrested Melissa Rae Tomesh, 33, and charged her with reckless conduct and cruelty to children in the second degree for the incident, which occurred at CVS Pharmacy at 895 Holcomb Bridge Road.

According to an incident report released by the Rosewll Police Department, an officer was dispatched to the location in reference to a child endangerment call.

The nine-month-old child had been left inside the vehicle “alone for over 10 minutes” and was “sweaty, crying, with bloodshot eyes and a heavily saturated diaper,” the incident report states.

Officers found Tomesh inside the CVS Pharmacy and arrested her on the spot.

Roswell police spokesperson Zachary Frommer said the baby “showed a few signs of distress,” so officers transported the child to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite as a precaution.

Frommer added the child’s grandparents accompanied their grandchild to the hospital.

Tomesh was booked into the Fulton County Jail on Aug. 8 and was released on Tuesday, Aug. 12 after posting a $10,000 bond.

(Photo: Melissa Rae Tomesh, 33, has been charged with reckless conduct and cruelty to children in the second degree after her 9-month-old infant was left alone inside a car last week. Credit: Roswell Police Department).