Child In Car While Mom Allegedly Smokes Pot
NEW YORK (CBS 2 / WCBS 880) -- A mother on Long Island was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday on child endangerment charges after allegedly leaving her baby alone in a car while she left to smoke marijuana.
LISTEN: WCBS 880's Sophia Hall reports
Suffolk County police found Karen Edelmann's one-year-old son alone in a car outside her Shirley home Monday. Witnesses claimed he'd been there for about 40 minutes.
Investigators said the 43-year-old was inside her home smoking pot.
Edelmann was facing charges of child endangerment, marijuana possession and resisting arrest.
