Police: Baby Hospitalized After St. James Mother on Heroin Found Passed Out in Car

A St. James woman was arrested Monday afternoon after Nassau police say she was found passed out in a car in Levittown while her infant son was “sweating profusely” in his carseat.

Jessica Rosengart, 28, was in possession of a hypodermic needle and three glassine bags containing heroin when officers found her and the baby in a locked 2013 Dodge Dart with its windows closed at 2:30 p.m. in a parking lot at 3023 Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown, police said.

The baby was moving around, but sweating profusely when he was found, police said. Officers needed to repeatedly knock on the window to wake up Rosengart, who had been semiconscious and slumped over in the vehicle, police said.

The baby was transported to a local hospital for evaluation and treatment for heat exhaustion. He was held overnight for observation at the hospital, police said.

Rosengart is charged with first degree reckless endangerment, second degree reckless endangerment, endangering the welfare of a child and second degree criminal contempt.

Rosengart also violated a court order of protection by possessing and using drugs, along with having unsupervised contact with the baby, police said. She will be arraigned on Tuesday at First District Court in Hempstead.