Just when I think I've seen it all!: Baby boy abandoned after women suspected of shoplifting flee

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Baby boy abandoned after women suspected of shoplifting flee

By SHAWN COHEN AND ERNIE GARCIA

THE JOURNAL NEWS

(Original publication: October 28, 2007)

HARTSDALE - A baby boy was abandoned at a clothing store tonight after two women suspected of shoplifting ran away.

The infant was left in his stroller as the women bolted from the TJ-Maxx on North Central Avenue just before 6 p.m.

Store personnel suspected the woman was shoplifting, Greenburgh police Lt. Desmond Martin said at the scene.

"The mother panicked, or the guardian panicked, and just took off," he said. "It's sad."

A man Martin said was the baby's father came to the scene around 7 p.m., and was taken in a cruiser to police headquarters. He was not under arrest.

Police searched the immediate area for the woman, but did not find the women.

The baby was taken by ambulance to police headquarters about 7 p.m. Martin said the county's Child Protective Services was being called.

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This story made the loop on CNN...saw it this morning...