Atlantic City Police: Babysitter Arrested After Leaving 2 Children Unattended In Car

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (CBS) - A woman in Atlantic City was arrested after police say she left two young kids unattended in a car.

Atlantic City police say a 6-year-old child was found wandering a garage at the Ocean Resort Casino Tuesday at 3 p.m. That's when officers were called to the area and found the child's sibling inside a car at the garage. That child is believed to be less than 1-year-old.

Police say the children's babysitter, 23-year-old Shaun Saunders, left the two kids unattended while she completed employment paperwork for the resort.

Saunders was charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child and possession of a controlled dangerous substance