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Cops: Woman Arrested In Suffolk County For Leaving 14-Month-Old Alone In Hot Car

Stunned Officers Said Accused Was Wondering What She Did Wrong

July 22, 2011 10:32 PM
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HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — It seems to defy logic.

A Long Island mother was arrested Friday for leaving her baby inside a hot car while she went shopping inside a mall, reports CBS 2’s Jennifer McLogan.

Police said the jet black Mercedes was parked directly in the blistering sunlight, with the engine turned off. A couple of windows were barely cracked — in the back — and alone a 14-month-old toddler — strapped into a car seat – was left sweltering. Frantic shoppers in the Big H Shopping Center nervously dialed 911.

“The officers located a small female child in the back seat of the car sweating profusely. We immediately removed her from the car and placed her in the air conditioned marked unit. The mother subsequently came out to the car from one of the stores. She had no explanation,” Suffolk County Police Lt. Michael Montovano said.

WCBS 880′s Sophia Hall: Police Say She Was Left Alone For 15 Minutes

Returning to her new Mercedes the baby’s mother spotted patrol cars and officers said she wondered what all the commotion was about. Aimee Rachlin, 26, of upscale Old Brookville seemed to dismiss the concern, saying she was just in the stores for 15 minutes. Rachlin was stunned when police placed her under arrest. She was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, reports WCBS 880′s Sophia Hall.

The crying baby was treated inside the patrol car and quickly recovered. But police said they cannot recall such a reckless decision — a mother going inside an air conditioned store to shop and leaving her baby unattended inside a black car in 100-degree heat.

“Oh my goodness. People don’t realize you just do that, can’t leave children or pets in car, that’s terrible!” shopper Gina Mars said.

Rachlin was released on stationhouse bail. The baby was treated to cold water and fruit snacks while waiting for her grandmother to pick her up at the police station.

Fortunately, the baby did not need medical attention. The Department of Social Services is investigating.

Are you stunned by this? Please offer your thoughts in the comments section below.

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  • Lisa Roth

    What … was it the nanny’s day off??!!

    • Jim-NJ

      I promise you she will do something similar again and again.

    • MCK

      Nanny’s day off?? That was the nanny! Mommy was probably doing the pool boy!

  • Friend

    you read my mind!

  • Erin

    Felt the need to point out — to all the people who are incorrectly commenting — that the child was released to the GRANDMOTHER, not the psychotic meth head mother. (Read 2nd to last paragraph). I hope that woman NEVER gets that kid back!!

    • jg59

      But on the news last night the grandmother was defending her daughter saying the child was only in the car for about 2 minutes while the mother went into the store to get her a drink. And then had the never to say the people who called 911 went overboard. Talk about the apple now falling far from the tree. The mother could have at least left the AC on – but then again I guess she was more concerned about someone stealing the car than her child’s life.

  • Ken

    … get her to a dermatologist. Then chop off her head.

  • Tac

    Sounds to me like she did it intentionally and played stupid when she was caught.

  • Greta

    What an entitled idiot. She could have at least left the motor running with the air conditioner ON. My God, I put out water for the birds in this heat and she can’t bring her kid in the store? And why is she shopping in the Big H??? That shopping center is for welfare type people. Sounds like maybe she was shopping for DRUGS.

  • Gilbert

    Her face says it all.

    • JAIL HER SIX MONTHS…

      SHES A DRUG ADDICT LIKE THE COUPLE WHO KILLED THE 4 PEOPLE IN THE PHARMACY IN LI…..HOW SAD…SHE SHOULD BE JAILED 6 MONTHS….

      • liz

        I totally agree! She needs to be jailed!!! How awful and disgusting!!!!!
        THE POOR KID WITH A MOTHER LIKE THAT-I FEEL SO SORRY FOR THAT CHILD!!!!!!!!!

  • Marina Ios

    look at the mug-shot, she looks , at least, drunk, if not drugged….
    if anyone was thinking- including myself- that this sort of primitive behavior and irresponsibility could be found in harlem, bronx, etc, only, well…we were wrong
    you could easily find drugged and child-abusers on long island, too….money or mercedes benz does not equal education necessarily
    i really hope, she will get at least couple of years, just to think about what she did

  • RICHIE

    LOCK HER IN A HOT CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • angel

    This is SICK!!
    So many woman who want a child so bad, and cant conceive and this woman doesn’t care about her child!

    • adam

      I couldn’t agree more it was not easy for my wife and I to concieve and this stuck up rich concieted cluless self centered selfish maniac probably with a snooty pole up herr rear end plays dumb and wonders why she was cuffed.. too bad the cops didn’t tune her up bc I would love to have 15 minutes alone with her and none of her speed dial lawyers…. old brookville my arse.

      Send her to tent city in AZ Let’s see how she likes the heat

  • Johnny Handsome

    Wait, they let her go AND gave the child back to her?

    • Erin

      They gave the child to the grandmother. Doesn’t say maternal or paternal…….

  • Jimmy

    Some portions of Suffolk county are one step up from a trailer park.

    • yeahhhhh

      Old Brookville is not in Suffolk County, it is north shore Nassau, one of the top 5 wealthiest portions of America. But, thanks for trying,

      • NYer1

        She was just shopping in Suffolk, the dumb folks travel…..

      • Jimmy

        check out today’s news for Suffolk drivers(July 25)

  • Kristen

    Looks like a Meth head to me!

    • JohnPA2006

      I was thinking the same exact thing. You can see the acid blood coming through her pores on her face. God please watch over that child.

  • Carlos Liriano

    if she had a head full of air, she wont be so stupid. and she does look like she is on some king of drug, she is not a natural blonde, peroxide filtered through her scalp down intro her empty head, lock her up and trow the key in the ocean

  • shane

    She’s no blond she’s a peroxide drug addict. Look at those eyes. Get off the pills
    sister. your goose is cooked!

  • brunilda

    this happens in all types of races…

  • brunilda

    now the mother knows what kind of temperature is out there. so it is obvious that she was trying to get rid of the baby. then she was gonna say it was an accident..child protective services should keep an eye on this one.

  • jeny

    White thrash

  • hell

    given back? this moron breeder should be jailed!!!!

  • vy

    Take a good look at her picture…………..looks like a head full of some type of intoxicating substance.
    Poor kid has to have a looser like that as their mother.

    • brunilda

      i agree

  • Blonde and stupid

    That is insane? Give the girl back to her? What was her excuse? That is not acceptable. She tried to kill her daughter!!! Are you going to tell me she does not know better? Come one!!!

    • Blonde and stupid

      I am amaze by the amount of spelling mistakes I just made. sorry ppl it is too hot outside….

    • brunilda

      this is what shock me that they gave the baby back to her..when she try to kill her baby in a form of an accident.

    • LLL

      That’s the “New” method of killing a child, making believe you forgot that you left them in a car. A principal or teacher got away with this a few years ago. Anyway, what, lady, is it too much trouble to take a child into the store. Who would have a relationship with this trash.

  • Tommy

    **They

  • horror

    they better check on the girl later on, she must have been trying to kill her.

  • Tommy

    The gave her BACK to the mother? Is that a joke? I guess if you are white, blonde, and drive a Mercedes in Suffolk County you are allowed to boil your children.

    • Claude

      Very sadly true. Bad enough to leave a one-year-old alone in a car, but in this heat, too? It seems there are serious neglect and abuse issues here.

  • Gregory

    A shopping mall dingbat with a wallet full of credit cards and head full of air.

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