Crime

Queens woman charged with child neglect at Green Acres

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A Queens woman was charged with endangering the welfare of a child when she left her two children unsupervised inside a parked car at the Green Acres Mall on Sept. 5, according to police. At 4:20 p.m., officers spotted a one-year-old baby and a three-year-old toddler inside the unlocked car with a running engine.

Officers opened the car through an unlocked door and took the children for immediate medical evaluation at a nearby hospital. Lotanna Adjaero, 25, was arraigned at First District Cout in Hempstead on Sept. 6 She is due back in court on Sept. 25.