SOLON, Ohio — Police rescued a 1-year-old child who was left inside a car in a grocery store parking lot.
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Solon Police Department officers responded to the Aldi parking lot on Som Center Road after receiving a report of a small child being left in a car, CBS affiliate WOIO-19 reported.
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Upon arrival, officers found a baby crying in the back seat of a black Mercedes, with the windows partially rolled down. No adult was present.
Officers used a lock-out tool to unlock the door and get to the child, WOIO-19 reported.
The child was helped by EMTs as officers tried to find the guardian.
Moments later, a man walked out of the store and identified himself as the boy’s father.
The father told officers that he left the boy in the car because he couldn’t find a spare quarter for a cart and couldn’t carry the child as he shopped, WOIO-19 reported.
Officers cited the father for child endangerment.
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