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Police: 2-month-old left in car while parents watch Derby

Sun May 4, 2008 3:17 AM EDT
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Associated Press

Kent Desormeaux riding Big Brown (20) takes the lead during the 134th Kentucky Derby Saturday, May 3, 2008, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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SOUTHAMPTON — Police say two new parents left their baby alone in a car while they went to watch the Kentucky Derby at a New York off-track betting parlor.

Southampton Town police say the 2-month-old was left unattended for more than 20 minutes during Saturday's race.

Police say the mother later told officers she thought the infant was safe enough because the car's heat was on.

The car was left running in a busy parking lot outside the Suffolk Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. branch in Southampton, on Long Island.

Parents Krystal Rose Downes and Jhimy Alban Vintimilla were arrested on misdemeanor child-endangerment charges. No telephone number could be found for the couple, and police weren't sure whether the two had a lawyer.

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Police say the mother later told officers she thought the infant was safe enough because the car's heat was on. The car was left running in a busy parking lot...

The woman thought the child was safe because she was setting the infant up for the perfect kidnapping/car jacking?

    Reply#1 - Sun May 4, 2008 3:28 PM EDT
    jdl-28

    Some people should not be parents period, and this women is one of them. They should but here in jail for at lease a year. This is the type of person who vote in this country, no wonder our country is falling apart.

      Reply#2 - Mon May 5, 2008 8:25 AM EDT
      the girl u hate 26

      i think this is disgusting she should not have her child i know if she is doing that she is doing worse now that child should be taken away and never given back to her

        Reply#3 - Sat Sep 10, 2011 3:02 PM EDT
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