Police: Mom could face charges after leaving toddler in car

Someone in the area called Ypsilanti police about 6:30 p.m. to report a toddler had been left alone in a vehicle in the 300 block of Michigan Avenue, police said in a media summary. Police found a 3-year-old girl in the vehicle sweating profusely.

The mother was inside a business nearby. She was uncooperative, police said. They placed the child with her grandmother.

Police have sent a report to the prosecutor’s office for review.

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