A Queens girl suspected of being the mother who deserted her new child at a Manhattan subway station was arrested and charged Wednesday, police mentioned.
Assa Diawara, 30, allegedly admitted to abandoning her new child — nonetheless along with her umbilical wire hooked up — on the thirty fourth Road-Penn Station cease in Midtown Monday morning, sources informed The Publish.
Diawara was arrested close to her residence in Jamaica round 3 a.m. Wednesday and charged with abandonment of a kid and endangering the welfare of a kid.
The arrest got here a day after the NYPD launched video of the suspect strolling down the sidewalk holding a cloth-wrapped bundle in her arms close to the subway station shortly after 9 a.m. Monday.
The child was left on the bottom in a bundle of blankets on the 1 practice platform, police mentioned.
Diawara was then picked up by a driver close to West thirty fourth Road round 9:22 a.m. — minutes earlier than the deserted toddler was reported to police — and was pushed again to Jamaica, sources mentioned.
The child, who was aware and alert along with her umbilical wire nonetheless hooked up, was taken by police in a cruiser to Bellevue Hospital in steady situation.
Diawara was arrested after neighbors confirmed {that a} resident of 1 residence constructing gave the impression to be the girl within the NYPD enchantment, sources mentioned.
She confessed to birthing the newborn lady and leaving it on the practice station, police sources mentioned.
Underneath New York State’s Deserted Toddler Safety Act, dad and mom can legally quit infants underneath 30 days outdated anonymously and with out prosecution so long as the toddler is left with an acceptable individual or location like a hospital or a staffed firehouse.
