No Stranger Danger: Child, 2, Found By Concerned Newark Citizen

NEWARK, NJ — There was no stranger danger during a recent encounter between a two-year-old child and a “concerned citizen” who found him alone on the streets of Newark on Friday morning, police say.

Newark police said that a female resident came across a two-year-old boy in a blue coat and blue uniform pants around 10:37 a.m. in the area of Elizabeth and Renner avenues. The “concerned citizen” then called police and remained with the child until authorities arrived.

Detectives later determined that the child was in the care of a relative when he went missing, authorities said.

Emergency responders transported the child to University Hospital for observation and notified the Division of Child Protection and Permanency about the incident.

An investigation will be continued by the Special Victims Unit of the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, authorities said.

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