Alabama police pull 8-month-old outside of hot locked car

Published 1:00 pm Thursday, July 25, 2019

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SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (AP) — Two Alabama women have been accused of leaving a baby inside a hot car.

News outlets report 46-year-old Angela Marie Dobbins and 18-year-old Anita Jean Dobbins were charged Monday with reckless endangerment.

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Scottsboro Police Chief Ralph Dawe says police found an 8-month-old baby inside a locked car in a Walmart parking lot. The child had been inside the car for about 15 minutes. The outside temperature was about 89 degrees.

Officers broke a window to remove the child, who was treated at the scene and was reportedly doing well.

Angela Dobinns is the child’s grandmother and Anita Dobbins is the child’s aunt.

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The Department of Human Resources is investigating.