Ridgefield child dies after being left in hot car - WFSB 3 Connecticut
Ridgefield child dies after being left in hot car - WFSB 3 Connecticut
Three "hot car" incidents reported in CT over past month
Monday night's incident was the sixth such incident where police said someone left a child in a hot car in Connecticut over the month of July.
A Groton man was charged with risk of injury to a minor after New London police said he left his 6-month-old child in a car that reached more than 130 degrees.
Brian Pavao, 33, told police that he was texting at the time and forgot that he left his little girl in the back seat of his unlocked car in a Shop Rite Supermarket parking lot on North Frontage Road on July 1.
According to court documents, officers arrived to find the baby crying and soaked in sweat. They observed three out of four windows were rolled all of the way up, and the fourth window was open less than 1 inch.
A Shelton mother was arrested in Orange on Thursday morning after police said she left her 3-year-old son in a car while she went grocery shopping.
Nathalie Stonier, 36, is accused of walking away from the car with her son still inside her vehicle at Trader Joe's parking lot at 550 Boston Post Road.
Police said upon their arrival they saw the child in the car alone, and despite the high temperatures the child was unharmed.
Stonier was arrested and charged with risk of injury to a minor and leaving a child under 12 unsupervised in a motor vehicle.
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