Toddler Found Wandering In Parking Lot, Grandma Charged: Florham Park Police

FLORHAM PARK, NJ— Florham Park Police arrested a grandmother after they found her four-year-old grandson walking around a parking lot alone, they said in a statement.

Dawn Todd, 56 from Irvington, was arrested on Feb. 4 after police say she left her sleeping grandson in a parked car during a dentist appointment. Todd took her two other grandchildren, aged 7 and 9, into the building with her.

Police were called to the parking lot when others reported a small boy wandering around alone. After speaking to the grandmother, they determined she had left the boy so as to not wake him from a nap.

Todd was arrested and charged with child abuse. She was released with an upcoming court date. All three grandchildren were released to their parents.

The New Jersey Department of Children and Families also responded.

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