The New York Post is reporting that Josh Perez left his infant daughter in her stroller on an NYC platform, Sunday. The 26-year-old, who fell asleep on the train, woke up after he had journeyed 12 miles to realize that his baby girl was missing . Perez had notified police about the disappearance of his daughter, offering no inkling to her whereabouts.
Fortunately, a commuter found the infant at the 86th Street and Lexington Avenue station in New York and alerted MTA authorities. The baby was immediately recovered and taken to a hospital for evaluation.
The New York Daily News is reporting that Perez most likely was drunk and high on drugs when he abandoned his infant daughter on a train platform. A backdrop story revealed that Perez and the girl’s mother, Vanessa Almodovar, visited a friend before getting into a heated argument on their way home at 2 a.m.
The 27-year-old woman had angrily returned back to the friend’s house and left Perez with the daughter to take a train back to the Bronx. The next time that the pair would talk would be Perez asking her if the 6-month-old girl was with her.
Josh Perez had given an impression to police that the infant had been abducted. He has since been charged with reckless endangerment, abandonment of a child, and acting in a manner injurious to a child.
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Law enforcement sources speaking to the Daily Mail revealed that the New York man had been previously arrested 16 times . The felonies were for resisting arrest and assault whereas the misdemeanors included turnstile-jumping and criminal mischief.
This is not the first instance of bad parenting where a child would be abandoned by an adult. An ABC News story focused on a French couple who forgot their 3-year-old daughter at a rest stop. They had traveled 90 miles before hearing a radio news report about a little girl that had been left behind by her parents.
Melda Ilgin’s parents forgot their 10-month-old baby was in a yellow inflatable on a fun day at the beach. By the time they realized their baby girl was still in the water, strong currents and winds had pushed the little girl half a mile out to sea . Thankfully, Melda was rescued before her inflatable capsized, The Guardian is reporting.
A shocking story by the Huffington Post says a young mother drove 12 miles with her 5-week old son on the roof of her car . Fortunately, when the baby toppled off the roof of the car, he was found unharmed. The marijuana smoking mom was spared prison, but sentenced to 16 years supervised probation.
