Mother charged after baby found abandoned at Penn Station
Police said surveillance video shows the 30-year-old woman holding her newborn baby wrapped in a sheet.
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Police said surveillance video shows the 30-year-old woman holding her newborn baby wrapped in a sheet.
The baby girl was found unattended during the morning rush Monday at Penn Station in Manhattan.
Police said the child's mother was located and charged early Wednesday morning. CBS News New York's Natalie Duddridge has the latest in the investigation.
A Queens woman is facing charges in the case of a newborn left unattended earlier this week at Penn Station.
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CBS News New York's Cindy Hsu has that story and also another on a baby left inside a Dunkin' in the Bronx.
Police said the baby girl was wrapped in a sheet on the steps leading down to the southbound 1, 2 and 3 trains at the 34th Street and Seventh Avenue stop.
The baby was found wrapped in a sheet in a stairwell and was taken to the hospital in stable condition, according to police.
The baby, wrapped in a blanket, was found on the subway stairs. CBS News New York's Jenna DeAngelis has more on the investigation.
A newborn baby girl with her umbilical cord attached was found unattended at a New York City subway station during the morning rush in Manhattan, police said. CBS News New York's Dave Carling reports.
Police say the baby was found wrapped in a sheet in a stairwell and was taken to the hospital in stable condition. CBS News New York's Dave Carlin reports from Penn Station.
The NYPD said the child was discovered at around 9:30 a.m. on the steps leading to the southbound 1, 2 and 3 trains.
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A man was shot on an LIRR platform at Penn Station in the middle of the Wednesday evening commute. Police say it happened during an attempted robbery. As CBS News New York's Ali Bauman reports, it appears the suspect may have messed with the wrong couple.
An off-duty NYPD officer shot a man during an attempted robbery inside Penn Station on Wednesday evening, police say.
At least one person was injured in a shooting inside New York City's Penn Station transit terminal Wednesday.
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The weather on Wednesday will be a mix of sunshine and clouds with the potential for a shower in New York City. In the evening, rain becomes more widespread.
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