The mother of a newborn baby found at a Midtown Manhattan subway station has been taken into custody in Queens, law enforcement sources said.
The mother of a newborn baby found at a Midtown Manhattan subway station has been taken into custody in Queens, law enforcement sources said.
The baby girl was left at a busy Midtown subway station on Monday morning.
The mother of a newborn baby found abandoned at a Midtown Manhattan subway station has been arrested, police said.
Assa Diawara, 30, was arrested early Wednesday in Queens on charges of abandonment of a child and endangering the welfare of a child, according to the New York Police Department.
The baby girl was found wrapped in a blanket at the southbound 1 train platform at 34th Street-Penn Station during the Monday morning rush hour, police said.
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The baby was taken to the hospital in stable condition, police said, with New York City Transit President Demetrius Crichlow calling it “the miracle on 34th Street.”
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